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ANNUALETTE 


CHRISTMAS  AND  NEW  YEAR'S  GIFT. 


EDITED  BY  A  LADY. 


BOSTON: 
PUBLISHED  BY  T.  H.  CARTER  AND  CO. 

II85   WASHINGTON   STREET. 

1844, 


.    Entered  according:  to  act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1843, 

By  T.  H.  Carter  &  Company, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachu- 
setts. 


boston: 

feinted  by  freeman  and  bolles, 

washington  street. 


CONTENTS 


The  Deaf  and  Dumb  Boy.  —  Translated  from 

the  Italian,  for  the  Annualette      ...  13 

Charade,  No.  1 21 

The  Little  Boat  Builder.     With  an  Engraving  22 
The  Nightingale  and  Bulfinch,  or  the  Travel- 
ling Birds 30 

Social  Games,  No.   I.     The  Bunch  .of  Fagots  34 

The  Dutch  Sailors  and  the  Bears     ...  36 

Cowardice  magnifies  Danger             ...  44 

Charade,  No.  II 45 

The  Linnet's  Nest     ......  46 

Charade,  No.  Ill 48 

The  Shepherd's  Dog.     With  a  Cut           .        •  51 

";>-  Charade,  No.  IV 58 

•  *  Franklin  Place,  Boston.     With  a  wood  Cut    .  59 

*-»  The  Juvenile  Court  Room        ....  65 

f\  Charade,  No.  V 84 


Xll  CONTENTS. 

The  Travelled  Mouse 85 

Perdita,  or  the  Chinese  Foundling.     With  a  Cut  87 

Charade,  No.  VI 98 

Ice  Palace 99 

The  Two  Squirrels,  or  Division  of  Labor.     With 

a  Cut 105 

The  Laughing  Princess,  and  the  Princess  who 

never  Laughed 109 

Izaac  Walton.     With  a  Cut     ....  128 

Social  Games,  No.  II.     The  Glove           .        .  131 

Bunker  Hill  Monument.     With  a  Cut      .         .  132 

The  Good  Aunt.    With  a  Cut          ...  137 
Answers  to  the  Charades  in  the  Annualette 

for  1843           ....        ...  143 


THE  DEAF  AND  DUMB  BOY. 


^TRAKSLATED   FROM   THE   ITALIAN  FOR  THE  AK>-UALETTE. 


France  will  long  hold  dear  the  memory  of  the 
Abbe  de  L'Epee,  who  was  the  first  founder  in 
Paris  of  the  school  for  the  deaf  and  dumb  ; 
where  those  unhappy  beings  are  awakened  to 
a  new  existence,  open  their  intellects  to  new 
ideas  of  the  true  and  beautiful,  to  the  know- 
ledge of  their  religious  and  social  duties,  and 
even  succeed  in  acquainting  themselves  per- 
fectly with  science  and  literature. 

It  is  related  of  this  benevolent  man,  that  one 
evening  there  was  presented  to  him  an  un- 
known child,  about  eight  years  of  age,  deaf 
and  dumb  from  his  birth,  found  by  the  police 
guard  sitting  alone  and  weeping  on  the  Pont 
Neuf,  one  of  the  bridges  over  the  river  Seine. 
.    1 


14  THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY. 

Although  the  child  was  meanly  dressed,  yet  his 
refined  physiognomy,  and  a  certain  noble  ex- 
pression of  anger  manifested  in  his  looks  and 
motions  at  seeing  himself  covered  with  rags, 
excited  in  the  mind  of  de  L'Epee  a  suspicion 
that  he  might  belong  to  some  wealthy  family. 
The  public  papers  announced  the  incident,  but 
the  child  was  claimed  by  no  one,  and  continued 
to  live  in  the  school,  under  the  name  of  Theo- 
dore. 

It  is  observed  that  nature,  as  if  to  render 
compensation  to  these  unhappy  beings  for  the 
wrongs  which  she  has  done  them,  has  been 
pleased  almost  always  to  endow  them  with  an 
exquisite  penetration  of  intellect ;  and  Theo- 
dore, in  fact,  having  hardly  passed  two  years 
in  study,  was  capable  of  understanding  every- 
thing, and  of  communicating  to  others  with  ex- 
actness his  own  thoughts,  by  means  of  ges- 
tures, and  in  writing.  It  was  then  that  his  im- 
agination began  to  be  strongly  occupied  with 
the  remembrance  of  past  things. 

In  company  with  his  master,  he  was  walking 
one  day  before  the  Palace  of  Justice  at  the  mo- 
ment when  the  President  of  the  Tribunal  was 
descending  from  his  carriage.  The  boy  was 
strongly  affected  at  the  sight  of  him,  and  made 


THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY.  15 

his  master  understand  that  a  man,  clothed  in  a 
similar  manner  in  a  purple  dress,  and  with  long 
curling  hair,  had  in  forixier  times  often  held 
him  in  his  arms,  and  kissed  him  tenderly.  The 
Abbe  L'Epee  judged,  therefore,  that  he  was 
either  the  son  or  a  near  relation  of  a  magis- 
trate of  superior  rank,  and  therefore  a  native 
of  one  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  State. 

Another  day,  in  a  church  in  the  Faubourg 
Saint  Germain,  Theodore  saw  the  funeral  of  a 
rich  man  ;  at  this  sight,  his  eyes  filled  with 
tears,  and  turning  to  his  master,  who  demanded 
of  him  why  he  wept,  he  replied  with  signs  as 
follows  :  "  Four  months  before  my  departure 
for  Paris,  there  was  a  similar  funeral  pomp  at 
the  death  of  that  person  who  used  to  caress  me 
so  much  ;  and  now  such  a  pageant  awakens 
anew  in  me  my  grief  for  his  loss." 

This  second  indication  made  the  Abbe  be- 
hove that  the  boy  was  an  orphan,  the  sole  heir 
of  great  wealth,  and  that  probably  his  grasping 
relations,  abusing  his  infirmity,  had  transported 
him  to  a  distant  country,  and  even  tried  to  de- 
stroy him,  in  order  to  take  possession  of  his 
property. 

Such  indications  excited  in  the  highest  de- 
gree the  courage  and  zeal  of  the  Abbe,  who 


16  THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY. 

from  this  time  conceived  the  generous  project 
of  leaving  no  means  untried  to  discover  the. 
origin  of  the  treachery,  to  reconduct  his  pupil 
to  his  country,  and  reinstate  him  in  his  rights. 
But  the  name  of  his  father  and  the  place  of 
his  birth  were  things  excessively  difficult  to  dis- 
cover. Being  certain,  however,  that  Theodore 
would  recognise  the  gate  by  which  he  had  en- 
tered Paris,  he  took  him  the  next  morning 
round  to  all  the  gates  of  the  city.  When  they 
arrived  at  the  Porte  de  L'Enfer,  Theodore 
showed  in  fact  that  he  recognised  it,  and  mo- 
tioned that  there  precisely  he  had  been  made 
to  descend  from  the  coach  with  the  person  who 
accompanied  him  to  take  care  of  the  equipage  ; 
and  that  he  had  arrived  there  after  four  days 
and  four  nights  of  continual  travelling,  and 
stopping  from  time  to  time  to  change  horses. 
It  was  now  evident  that  the  country  of  Theo- 
dore was  some  city  situated  towards  the  south, 
probably  about  three  hundred  miles  distant ; 
and  that  in  order  to  discover  it,  instead  of  re- 
sorting to  the  uncertain  medium  of  letters,  it 
was  best  to  undertake  a  journey  on  foot,  and 
to  visit  all  the  principal  southern  cities. 

Therefore  the  good  old  Abbe,  animated  by 
the  sweet  hope  of  seeing  fulfilled  the  generous 


THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY.  17 

'desire  of  his  heart,  invoked  the  aid  of  God,  the 
father  and  protector  of  oppressed  innocence, 
and  determined  to  undertake  the  journey  in 
company  with  Theodore.  Thirty  days  of  trav- 
elling did  not  weary  the  constancy  of  the  boy, 
who  was  strongly  flattered  and  excited  by  the 
hope  of  again  seeing  the  threshold  of  his  pa- 
ternal home  ;  nor  did  it  exhaust  the  firmness 
of  the  Abbe,  who  experienced  the  inexpressible, 
anticipated  dehght  which  is  ever  the  reward  of 
virtue.  Finally,  they  arrived  at  the  gates  of 
the  city  of  Toulouse,  entered,  and  at  the  sight 
of  the  ancient  palace  of  the  family  of  d'Ha- 
rancour,  Theodore,  intoxicated  with  joy,  knelt 
down,  raised  his  hands  to  Heaven,  and  with 
broken  sobs  made  signs,  that  those  walls  were 
precisely  the  ones  within  which  he  was  born, 
and  where  he  had  passed  the  first  years  of  his 
childhood. 

L'Epee  checked  the  first  transports  of  The- 
odore, took  pains  to  make  all  the  necessary  in- 
quiries, and  learned  that  a  certain  Monsieur 
d'Arlemont  possessed  the  vast  property  of 
d'Harancour,  in  place  of  his  nephew  and 
ward,  Julius,  whom  an  act  apparently  legal 
had  declared  to  have  died  three  years  before 
in  Paris.     Behold  in  what  manner  eternal  jus- 

r 


18  THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY. 

tice  watched  over  the  punishment  of  the  wick- 
ed, and  discovered  to  the  fortunate  de  L'Epee 
a  crime  which  d'Arlemont  judged  to  be  buried 
in  darkness,  and  concealed  forever  from  the 
eyes  of  men. 

The  cause  of  the  betrayed  orphan  was  trust- 
ed to  the  defence  of  Franval,  one  of  the  most 
able  advocates  of  Toulouse  ;  and  in  company 
with  him,  the  Abbe  betook  himself  next  morn- 
ing to  the  Palace  of  d'Harancour,  with  the  in- 
tention of  giving  a  sudden  shock  to  the  heart 
of  the  traitor,  and  of  prevailing  upon  him,  if 
possible,  to  restore  the  property,  promising,  in 
that  case,  to  spare  him  the  infamy  of  a  public 
trial. 

Arrived  in  the  presence  of  Monsieur  d'Arle- 
mont, de  L'Epee  addressed  him  as  follows  ; 
"  I  come  to  execute  the  will  of  Providence, 
which  has  directed  my  steps  to  Toulouse,  and 
even  to  you,  to  announce  to  you  that  your 
nephew  and  ward,  Julius,  the  heir  of  d'Ha- 
rancour, still  lives,  and  that  I  am  his  guardian, 
to  protect  him,  and  to  assist  him  to  resume  the 
name  and  property  so  cruelly  taken  from  him." 
The  perfidious  d'Arlemont,  astounded  by  these 
words,  was  taken  with  a  sudden  trembling  in  all 
his  limbs  ;  in  vain  he  tried  to  conceal  the  ex- 


THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY.  19 

cessive  fright  and  rage  painted  on  his  brow  ; 
but  finally,  forcing  a  smile,  he  exclaimed, 
"  How  !  my  nephew  yet  lives  ?  when  I  was  a 
witness  three  years  ago  of  his  death  —  when  it 
has  been  announced  to  the  tribunals  by  an  au- 
thentic act  —  Oh  !  you  must  be  jesting  ;  this  is 
some  fable." 

"  No,"  replied  the  venerable  old  man  ;  the 
disturbance  which  appeared  on  your  counte- 
nance reveals  to  me  sufficiently  your  heart. 
That  act  of  death  was  false,'  the  tribunals  were 
deceived,  or  seduced.  Julius  d'Harancour 
lives,  and  behold  him  before  you  !  "  pointing 
to  the  boy,  who  had  accompanied  him. 

At  that  moment,  Albert,  the  son  of  d'Arle- 
mont,  entered  the  apartment,  and  having  heard 
the  last  words  of  the  Abbe,  cried,  "Ah  yes! 
it  is  the  same  ;  he  lives;  I  see  him  —  my  dear 
Julius,  my  infant  playmate  ;  "  and  the  two  boys 
ran  into  each  other's  arm.s,  embraced  each 
other,  and  wept  for  joy.  Even  Dominick  and 
Marianna,  two  old  servants  of  the  family  of 
d'Harancour,  recognised  the  physiognomy  of 
the  youth  whom  they  had  so  often  caressed  in 
infancy,  and  exclaimed,  "  A  prodigy  !  a  mira- 
cle !  little  Julius  is  living  !  the  son  of  our  dead 
lord ! " 


20  THE    DEAF    AND    DUMB    BOY. 

Deprived  now  of  all  means  of  defence, 
threatened  with  the  vengeance  of  the  laws,  and 
tormented  with  his  severe  remorse,  d'Arle- 
mont  stood  for  a  long  time  motionless,  his  eyes 
sparkling  with  fury,  without  uttering  a  word. 
"  Great  Heaven  ! "  at  length  he  broke  forth, 
with  a  deep  sigh,  "  how  terrible  thou  art  in  thy 
justice  !  yes,  let  all  know  it,  this  is  my  nephew, 
and  I  am  the  most  wicked  of  all  living  beings  ! 
To  him  1  restore  all  his  possessions,  and  for 
myself,  I  only  demand  death,  which  will  take 
me  from  my  insupportable  shame  !  " 

At  this  moment,  Julius,  to  whom  de  L'Epee 
signified  the  confession  just  obtained  from  his 
uncle,  after  an  instant  of  consideration,  turned 
an  affectionate  glance  on  Albert,  approached  a 
writing  table,  and  wrote  as  follows  :  "I  forget 
all  past  offences  ;  and  I  desire  that  my  amiable 
cousin  should  have  the  half  of  the  property 
which  has  just  been  restored  to  me ;  we  were 
accustomed  from  our  earliest  infancy  to  divide 
everything  as  brothers  ;  let  us  still  be  so  for  the 
future." 

"  Ah,"  cried  the  Abbe  de  L'  Epee,  "  behold 
a  mind  really  virtuous !  this  is  the  dearest  re- 
ward that  Julius  could  give  me,  in  exchange 
for  all  that  1  have  done  for  him  ! " 


CHARADE.  21 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  property  of 
d'Harancour  was  divided  as  Julius  had  pro- 
posed. D'Arlemont  retired  to  a  monastery, 
and  soon  after  died  ;  while  the  excellent  Abbe 
continued  through  life  the  dearest  and  most  re- 
vered  friend  of  his  amiable  young  pupil. 


CHARADE. 


A  noisy  fellow  is  my  F-irst, 

On  wboni  you  never  can  depend, 

Sometimes  his  deeds  are  of  the  worst, 
Sometimes  he  proves  your  kindest  friend. 

My  SECO>fD,  of  the  female  race, 
Is  young  or  old,  is  dull  or  witty, 

Is  found  in  almost  every  place, 
In  rural  shade  or  crowded  city. 

My  Whole  exerts  a  mighty  power. 

Lifts  monstrous  weights  of  wood  or  stone. 

By  land  or  sea  can  raise  or  lower. 
But  never  goes  a  step  alone. 


THE  LITTLE  BOAT  BUILDER. 


Henry  lived  near  the  sea  shore  —  and  he  often 
went  to  the  beach  and  watched  the  tide  as  it 
rolled  in,  wave  after  wave,  or  ebbed  out,  leav- 
ing a  broad  margin  of  smooth  sand,  which  was 
hard  and  pleasant  to  walk  upon. 

The  view  of  the  ocean,  and  of  the  ships  and 
boats  which  sailed  and  floated  upon  it,  gave 
Henry  a  great  fancy  for  ship  building.  Ahnost 
the  first  use  he  made  of  his  knife  was  to  shape 
out  a  piece  of  wood  in  imitation  of  a  ship,  and 
smooth  and  fashion  it  all  in  order.  His  mother 
would  cut  and  hem  the  sails  according  to  his 
directions,  and  he  was  but  too  happy  if  after 
all  his  labors  his  little  vessel  would  hold  itself 
upright  in  the  tub  in  which  he  first  made  trial 
of  its  power.  His  little  brother  would  watch 
beside  him  while  he  was  at  his  work,  and  not 
seldom  would  try  his  patience  by  the  questions 


THE    LITTLE    BOAT     BUILDER.  2S 

he  would  ask,  as  to  why  he  was  doing  thus  and 
so.  But  Henry  was  a  very  kind  and  patient 
boy,  and  generally  answered  his  little  brother 
very  gently,  and  explained  everything  to  him 
as  well  as  he  could. 

To  be  sure  Willie  on  his  part  was  often  very 
useful  to  Henry.  He  was  always  ready  to  trot 
off  to  the  house  and  get  for  his  brother  anything 
he  might  happen  to  want,  and  even  felt  proud 
of  being  sent  of  an  errand  and  made  useful. 

When  Henry  became  older,  he  went  as  an 
apprentice  to  one  of  the  dock  yards  to  learn  the 
art  of  ship  building,  which  he  had  been  so  fond 
of  as  a  boy.  While  thus  employed,  he  would 
often  in  his  leisure  hours  make  little  model 
ships  to  send  home  to  his  brother  Willie.  How 
much  the  little  fellow  used  to  admire  them, 
and  how  completely  they  were  all  rigged. 
How  even  and  straight  they  bore  themselves 
upon  the  water,  and  what  pleasure  the  broth- 
ers used  to  take  when  Henry  would  sometimes 
come  home  to  visit  his  parents,  in  fitting  out 
little  fleets  from  the  snug  cove,  where  in  their 
childhood  they  had  loved  to  whittle  and  rig 
boats. 

Henry  had  often  wished  he  could  take  a  voy- 
age in  one  of  the  vessels  which  he  had  helped 


24  THE    LITTLE    BOAT     BUILDER. 

to  build,  but  he  knew  it  was  best  for  him  to 
remain  steady  to  the  trade  he  had  chosen  until 
he  had  finished  the  time  of  his  apprenticeship, 
and  then  he  hoped  he  might  some  time  or  other 
have  an  opportunity  to  go  to  sea. 

Just  before  Henry  had  reached  the  end  of 
his  apprenticeship,  Mr.  Stronghand,  the  ship 
builder  with  whom  he  was  employed,  received 
a  proposal  from  the  Sultan  of  Turkey  to  come 
out  to  Constantinople  and  build  him  a  steam- 
boat. He  had  seen  the  English  and  American 
ships  and  steamboats,  and  he  thought  they  were 
better  than  any  he  had  in  his  service,  and 
he  should  like  to  have  some  of  the  same  kind. 
He  offered  Mr.  Stronghand  a  very  handsome 
sum  of  money  for  the  service,  and  desired  him 
to  bring  several  hands  with  him,  as  the  Turkish 
ship  carpenters  would  not  understand  how  to 
work  under  him. 

Mr.  Stronghand  thought  the  offer  a  good  one, 
so  he  concluded  to  go.  He  left  his  business 
in  America  under  the  care  of  his  partner,  who 
was  a  very  careful  man,  and  he  selected  from 
among  his  workmen,  several  young  men  whom 
he  considered  as  the  most  steady  and  skilful, 
to  go  with  him.     Among  them  was  Henry. 

Henry  was  delighted  that  the  wish  of  his 


THE   LITTLE    BOAT    BUILDER.  25 

heart  was  about  to  be  accomplished.  He  went 
home  to  acquaint  his  parents  and  make  his 
preparations  for  the  voyage.  Willie  was  very 
sorry  to  part  with  his  brother,  but  he  had  now 
grown  a  stout  lad,  and  was  also  just  about 
going  away  to  school.  He  had  proved  to  be  a 
very  studious  boy,  and  his  parents  had  resolved 
to  give  him  the  best  education  they  could. 
Henry  promised  to  write  to  Willie  and  tell  him 
all  the  strange  things  he  met  with  in  Turkey. 

After  having  his  chest  carefully  packed,  and 
taken  leave  of  his  parents  and  Willie,  Henry 
returned  to  his  master  in  New  York,  and  in  a 
few  days  they  sailed  for  Constantinople,  Mr, 
Stronghand  taking  with  him  a  number  of  hands 
and  all  the  tools  necessary  for  ship-building. 

They  had  a  pleasant,  and  tolerably  rapid 
voyage,  and  in  lime  reached  the  City  of  the 
Sultans,  as  it  is  sometimes  called.  Constanti- 
nople is  situated  on  the  Bosphorus,  at  the  point 
where  it  communicates  with  the  Propontis,  or 
Sea  of  Marmora,  and  is  connected  both  with 
the  Mediterranean  and  the  Black  Sea  by  a 
succession  of  straits,  which  can  easily  be  de- 
fended against  an  enemy,  though  the  largest 
kind  of  vessels  can  sail  through  them.  They 
found  the  city  had  a  spacious  port.  A  conve- 
2 


26  THE   LITTLE   BOAT   BUILDER. 

nient  place  near  the  city  was  given  to  Mr. 
Stronghand  to  begin  to  build  his  steam-ship, 
and  orders  were  given  by  the  Sultan  to  his  offi- 
cers, to  provide  him  with  all  the  materials 
necessary. 

Henry  was  very  much  amused  with  a  great 
deal  he  saw  here.  The  dresses  of  the  people 
were  very  different  from  those  worn  in  Amer- 
ica. The  men  wore  large  turbans,  or  colored 
woollen  caps  upon  their  heads,  and  long  loose 
robes  hanging  down  to  their  feet.  He  would 
hardly  have  been  able  to  tell  a  man  from  a 
woman,  but  that  the  men  wore  long  beards, 
and  the  women  did  not  appear  in  the  streets 
without  their  veils. 

One  night,  soon  after  they  arrived  at  Con- 
stantinople, the  Americans  were  awakened  by 
the  cries  of  fire,  and  they  soon  perceived  by 
the  light  that  a  great  many  houses  were  in 
flames.  They  dressed  themselves  and  hastened 
to  the  spot.  The  scene  was  terrible  !  whole 
streets  were  in  a  blaze,  and  the  drums  were 
beating,  from  the  tops  of  the  minarets  or 
steeples  of  the  Turkish  places  of  worship,  and 
immense  numbers  of  people  were  assembled. 

They  saw  even  the  Sultan  himself  there. 
As  most  of  the  houses  in  the  quarter  where  the 


THE   LITTLE    BOAT    BUILDEK.  27 

fire  was,  were  of  wood,  they  were  soon  burned 
down,  and  the  people  dispersed.  The  streets 
were  immediately  after  built  up  in  just  the  same 
way  they  were  before,  and  of  just  as  combusti- 
ble materials,  and  nobody  seemed  to  think 
much  about  it.  Henry  found  they  had  these 
great  fires  very  often,  and  the  people  did  not 
seem  to  mind  them  very  much. 

The  Sultan  came  very  often  to  see  how  his 
ship  came  on,  and  seemed  very  much  pleased 
with  the  way  the  Americans  went  to  work. 
One  day  he  brought  with  him  his  son,  about 
twelve  years  old.  The  little  fellow  was  looking 
round  as  children  are  apt  to  do,  and  he  espied 
a  little  ship,  which  Henry  had  amused  himself 
in  making  in  his  leisure  hours.  He  showed  it 
to  his  father,  and  Mr.  Stronghand  explained 
that  it  was  the  work  of  his  apprentice,  who  bid 
fair  to  make  an  excellent  ship  builder. 

The  Sultan  desired  Mr.  Stronghand  to  allow 
Henry,  to  finish  the  ship,  and  said  he  should 
like  to  purchase  it  when  completed,  for  his  son. 
Mr.  Stronghand  and  Henry  readily  consented, 
and  the  Sultan  desired  that  when  it  was  finished 
Henry  should  be  allowed  to  bring  the  little 
vessel  to  the  palace,  and  explain  to  his  son  the 
best  method  of  working  it. 


28  THE    LITTLE    BOAT    BUILDER. 

It  may  well  be  supposed  that  Henry  spared 
no  trouble  to  fiaish  off  his  little  vessel  in  the 
nicest  manner.  When  it  was  done,  Mr.  Strong- 
hand  acquainted  the  Sultan  with  the  fact,  and 
some  slaves  were  sent  by  him  to  accompany 
the  young  apprentice  in  his  visit  to  the  palace. 

The  Sultan  was  then  passing  a  few  days  at 
one  of  his  houses  of  pleasure,  situated  near  the 
Sweet  Waters.  It  was  a  most  delightful  spot, 
and  on  one  of  the  clear  basins  with  which  the 
grounds  were  ornamented,  the  little  boy  sailed 
his  miniature  frigate  with  the  greatest  delight. 

The  Sultan  treated  Henry  with  great  kind- 
ness, ordered  him  to  be  conducted  to  every 
part  of  the  grounds  and  rooms  of  this  beautiful 
palace,  feasted  him  with  the  greatest  delicacies, 
and  when  he  dismissed  him  made  him  a  most 
valuable  present,  in  return  for  the  little  vessel. 

Henry  afterwards  went  to  visit  all  the  most 
celebrated  places  in  Constantinople.  He  ex- 
amined the  mosque  of  St.  Sophia,  which  was 
first  built  for  a  christian  church,  but  since  the 
city  has  been  in  the  hands  of  the  Turks,  it  is 
used  as  a  mosque,  or  Mahometan  place  of 
worship. 

He  also  visited  the  Turkish  burying  grounds, 
which  are  laid  out  in  a  somewhat  different 


THE   LITTLE   BOAT   BUILDER.  29 

manner  from  ours.  They  ai'e  shaded  by 
cypress  trees,  and  the  monuments  are  generally 
a  column  of  marble,  with  a  turban  on  the  top. 

He  saw  the  slave  market,  where  slaves  of 
all  races,  complexions,  sexes  and  ages,  are 
brought  in  from  different  parts  of  the  world, 
and  offered  for  sale.  These  slaves  have  gen- 
erally received  some  education-  The  young 
girls  have  been  taught  to  dance,  sing,  or  play 
on  some  instrument,  and  to  embroider.  The 
boys  are  educated  with  still  more  care.  They 
sometimes  rise  to  become  great  personages  in 
the  state,  for  the  prejudice  against  people  who 
have  once  been  slaves,  does  not  exist  among 
the  Mahomedans  as  strongly  as  it  does  among 
some  other  people.  The  son-in-law  of  the  Sultan 
Mahmoud,  was  formerly  a  slave.  In  due  time 
Mr.  Stronghand  finished  his  steam-ship,  and 
delivered  it  over,  all  in  good  order  to  the  Sul- 
tan, who  was  very  much  pleased  with  it.  He 
wished  very  much  to  induce  Mr.  Stronghand 
and  his  workmen  to  remain  in  Turkey,  and 
promised  them  constant  employment  and  good 
wages,  but  they  loved  their  own  country,  and 
did  not  wish  to  pass  their  days  among  Turks 
and  Mahometans. 

So  they  excused  themselves  as  well  as  they 

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30    THE  NIGHTINGALE  AND  BULFINCH. 

could  to  the  Sultan,  who  paid  Mr.  Stronghand 
handsomely  for  the  job.  The  Americans  then 
took  passage  in  a  ship  sailing  for  Boston,  where 
they  arrived  safely.  And  Henry  had  a  great 
deal  to  tell  in  the  long  winter  evenings  to  his 
parents,  and  to  Willie,  of  the  wonders  he  had 
seen  in  Constantinople.  After  he  finished  his 
apprenticeship,  Mr.  Stronghand  received  Hen- 
ry as  a  partner,  and  he  became  in  time  one  of 
the  most  skilful  and  wealthy  ship  builders  in 
the  country. 


THE   NIGHTINGALE  AND  BULFINCH, 

OR    THE    TRAVELLING   BIRDS. 
[See  Frontispiece.] 

A  Bulfinch  and  Nightingale  lately  resolved 

To  take  an  Atlantic  excursion, 
To  cross  over  from  Europe,  America  see, 

In  search  both  of  health  and  diversion. 

Fanny  Kemble  they  knew  went  some  time  ago, 
Since  then,  ladies  and  men  quite  a  score  ; 

And  Boz  and  his  wife,  last  year  made  a  trip, 
And  America  tried  to  explore. 


THE  NIGHTINGALE  AND  BULFTNCH.    31 

So  the  Bulfinch  and  Nightingale  soon  were  prepared, 
They  thought  not  of  Steam  Ship  or  Packet  ; 

Their  own  wings  would  bear  them,  for  nothing  they 
cared, 
But  flew  high  above  all  noise  and  racket. 

They  flew  and  they  flew  till  they  came  to  the  isles 
Named  after  their  friends  the  Canaries  ; 

They  were  pleased  with  the  climate,  here  all  nature 
smiles, 
Though  elsewhere  she  has  her  vagaries. 

Having  rested  their  wings,  again  they  took  flight, 

And  westward  directed  their  way, 
And  at  last  reached  the  land ;  on  a  tree  they  alight 

In  a  wood,  just  at  breaking  of  day. 

Here  numbers  of  birds  were  seen  flying  about, 

No  appearance  of  trouble  or  dangers. 
But  presently  came  some  confusion  and  rout 

As  to  how  they  should  welcome  the  strangers. 

They  escorted  them  first  to  the  pleasantest  tree, 

They  prepared  a  most  delicate  nest ; 
There  was  nought  left  undone,  and  no  cost  the  birds 
spared 

To  give  them  of  all  things  the  best. 

There  was  calling,  inviting,  in  motion  were  all 

The  birds  both  below  and  above  — 
And  after  due  warning,  the  strangers  appeared 

At  a  musical  fete  in  the  grove. 


■32         THE   NIGHTINGALE    AND    EULFINCH. 

The  dress  of  the  Bulfinch  at  once  struck  all  eyes  ; 

What  a  glorious  red  on  his  breast, 
What  a  glossy  black  head,  what  a  handsome  gay 
back, 

Of  the  two  he  must  sure  sing  the  best. 

At  the  Nightingale's  dress  in  a  whisper  they  scoffed, 

*'  What  a  dowdy  detestable  thing." 
But  they  welcomed  them  both,  and  due  compliments 
over, 

They  asked  Mr.  Bulfinch  to  sing. 

He  whistled  and  piped  his  monotonous  note, 

A  duller  one  never  was  heard. 
You  really  might  think  him  just  clearing  his  throat ; 

They  'd  have  laughed  if  they  could,  every  bird. 

The  sweet  modest  Nightingale  silent  sat  by, 
While  the  Bulfinch  piped  loudly  and  long. 

For  civility's  sake  they  then  asked  her  to  try. 
Perhaps  she  would  give  them  a  song. 

Mrs.  Nightingale  blushed,  but  she  just  cleared  her 
throat. 
And  then  such  a  strain  she  poured  out. 
That  all  whispers  were  silenced,  and  charmed  with 
each  note, 
All  the  birds  clustered  thickly  about. 

Little  Mary  who  lay  on  the  grass  in  the  grove,. 

Raised  her  eyes  from  her  book  at  the  sound. 
With  delight  how  she  listened,  and  not  a  bird  moved 

Though  they  filled  all  the  branches  around. 


THE    NIGHTINGALE    AND    BULFINCH.  33 

When  the  Nightingale  brought  her  sweet  song  to  a 
close, 

How  eager  in  praise  were  the  birds. 
What  beautiful  notes  !  how  delicious  the  strain ! 

For  their  transports  they  long  to  find  words. 

"  I  give  you  my  counsel,"  said  grave  Madam  Owl, 
"  And  would  gladly  my  lesson  impress, 

"  Your  judgment  don't  form  without  time  to  inquire, 
"  And  don't  place  too  much  value  on  dress." 

Fine  feathers  I  've  found  don't  make  always  fine 
birds ; 

Dress  is  not  the  principal  thing. 
Better  judge  of  a  man  by  his  actions  and  words, 

And  a  bird  by  the  notes  she  can  sing. 


SOCIAL  GAMES.  —  No.  I. 

THE    BUNCH   OF    FAGOTS. 

For  this  game  there  should  be  an  even  number 
of  ladies  and  gentlemen.  Each  gentleman 
places  a  lady  before  him  and  each  couple 
forms  a  bunch  of  fagots.  These  fagots  ar- 
range themselves  in  a  circle,  which  must  be  so 
large  that  it  is  easy  to  pass  about  in  it.  One 
lady,  designated  by  lot,  is  the  wood-cutter,  and 
a  gentleman,  drawn  in  the  same  manner,  is  the 
keeper  of  the  forest.  The  wood-cutter,  pur- 
sued by  the  keeper,  has  a  right  to  go  across 
the  circle  of  fagots,  in  any  direction ;  while 
the  pursuer  can  only  go  round  —  she  generally 
however  does  not  remain  long  in  this  confined 
place,  but  runs  before  the  keeper. 

If  the  lady  wood -cutter  allows  herself  to  be 
caught  by  her  pursuer,  she  takes  his  place, 
and  is  obliged  to  pursue  in  her  turn  another 
person  ;  and  this  person  is  the  first  who  finds 


SO'CIAL    GAMES.  35 

herself  on  the  outside  of  the  bunch  of  fagots 
before  which  the  keeper,  who  is  no  longer  one, 
has  placed  himself;  for  there  must  never  be 
three  in  one  row.  Thus,  the  lady  who  is  pur- 
sued, to  avoid  being  caught,  has  only  to  place 
herself  before  one  of  the  bunches  of  fagots 
within  the  circle,  anywhere  she  may  please, 
and  immediately  the  person  who  finds  herself 
last,  must  make  her  escape  and  become  the 
wood-cutter.  This  change  of  places  is  con- 
stantly renewed,  and  makes  the  game  animated 
and  lively.  It  is  to  be  observed,  that  a  lady 
can  only  be  replaced  by  a  lady,  and  a  gentle- 
man by  a  gentleman,  every  bunch  of  fagots 
being  com.posed  of  two  persons  of  different 
sexes.  If  the  new  runner  is  caught,  he  must 
pursue  the  person  by  whom  he  has  been  taken, 
but,  as  has  been  explained,  the  latter  has  the 
resource  of  placing  herself  behind  one  of  the 
fagots,  which  gives  a  new  supernumerary,  who 
is  obliged  to  fly  precipitately  like  the  first,  and 
so  on. 

It  is  sometimes  practised  to  make  those  who 
are  caught  pay  forfeits,  but  this  causes  the 
game  to  go  on  more  slowly. 


THE  DUTCH  SAILORS  AND  THE 
BEARS. 

In  the  month  of  May,  in  the  year  1596,  two 
Dutch  vessels  left  the  port  of  Vlie,  in  the  north 
of  Holland,  to  seek  a  north-east  passage  to  the 
East  Indies,  under  the  command  of  two  expe- 
rienced mariners,  William  Barenz,  and  John 
Cornelius  Rip. 

On  the  first  of  July  the  two  ships  parted 
company,  each  to  go  a  different  way  in  order 
to  make  discoveries.  That  commanded  by  Ba- 
renz, after  two  months  of  highly  dangerous 
navigation,  in  the  midst  of  the  ice,  having  been 
carried  beyond  New  Zealand  without  finding 
an  open  passage,  the  crew  lost  all  hope  of  pen- 
etrating farther,  and  thought  of  nothing  but 
going  back  to  Holland. 

One  night,  however,  the  vessel  was  surprised 
by  an  ice  port,  and  was  so  enclosed  on  all 


DUTCH  SAILOHS  AND  THE  BEARS.     37 

sides,  that  no  human  efforts  could  liberate 
them.  Barenz  was  then  reduced  to  the  sad 
prospect  of  passing  the  winter  in  this  region  of 
horror. 

The  first  part  of  September,  the  vessel  being 
besieged  and  pressed  on  all  sides  by  the  move- 
ments of  the  icebei'gs,  cracked  in  several 
places,  and  was  no  longer  a  secure  residence 
for  the  crew.  It  was  resolved  to  drag  the  boat 
on  shore,  and  they  carried  there  in  succession 
the  casks  of  bread  and  wine,  an  old  foresail, 
some  powder,  shot,  guns,  muskets  and  other 
arms,  in  order  to  make  a  tent  near  the  boat. 

On  the  seventh  some  sailors  having  gone  a 
considerable  distance  into  the  country,  discov- 
ered a  fresh  water  river,  and  some  drift  wood 
which  had  been  floated  down  upon  it.  They 
came  also  to  traces  of  Reindeer.  This  infor- 
mation was  the  more  agreeable  to  the  crew 
from  the  fact  that  their  fresh  water  was  almost 
exhausted,  and  they  had  began  to  dread  that 
they  should  suffer  terribly  in  being  shut  into  a 
place  where  they  saw  neither  trees  nor  water. 
They  began  to  build  a  sledge  to  bring  down 
the  wood  which  the  sailors  had  seen,  and  which 
had  apparently  descended  from  Tartary  or 
Moscow. 

3 


38  DUTCH    SAILOKS   AND    THE    BEARS.' 

On  the  fifteenth,  while  they  were  hard  at 
work,  a  sailor  saw  three  bears  of  different 
sizes,  the  smallest  of  which  remained  behind  a 
block  of  ice,  the  others  continued  to  advance. 
The  crew  fired,  and  one  of  the  large  bears  fell 
down  dead.  The  second  seemed  to  show  sur- 
prise ;  he  looked  proudly  at  his  companion,  he 
smelted  of  him,  and,  as  if  he  perceived  the 
danger,  he  retraced  his  steps. 

By  direction  of  Barenz  they  opened  the  dead 
bear,  removed  the  entrails,  and  placed  him  on 
his  four  legs  that  he  might  freeze  in  this  posi- 
tion, intending  to  carry  him  to  Holland  if  they 
could  succeed  in  disengaging  their  vessel  from 
the  ice.  On  the  twenty-fifth  they  had  the  mis- 
fortune to  lose  their  carpenter,  who  was  buried 
in  a  cleft  in  the  mountain  ;  they  were  not  able 
to  open  the  hard  frozen  earth  to  dig  a  grave 
for  him. 

The  whole  crew  consiste,d  of  only  sixteen 
men,  several  of  whom  were  sick.  On  the 
twenty-seventh  it  froze  so  hard  that  if  one  put 
a  nail  in  his  mouth  he  could  not  draw  it  out 
without  bringing  the  skin  along  with  it.  On  the 
second  of  October  they  had  the  satisfaction  of 
seeing  their  hut  finished.  Until  the  twenty- 
fifth  of  October  they  were  employed  in  getting 


DUTCH    SAILORS    AND    THE    BEARS.  39 

from  the  ship  the  remainder  of  their  provisions. 
The  next  day  as  they  were  employed  in  trans- 
porting their  rigging  on  the  sledges,  Barenz 
raised  his  eyes  and  saw  behind  the  ship  three 
bears,  who  were  advancing  toward  the  sailors. 
He  gave  a  loud  shout  in  which  the  sailors  join- 
ed him,  but  the  three  animals  did  not  appear  to 
be  alarmed. 

The  sailors  then  all  thought  of  how  they 
should  defend  themselves.  They  had  two  hal- 
berds, Barenz  took  one,  and  Girard  Veer  the 
other.  The  sailors  ran  to  the  vessel,  but  in 
passing  over  the  ice  one  of  them  fell  into  a 
crack.  This  accident  made  them  tremble  for 
him  ;  they  did  not  doubt  he  would  be  the  first 
devoured.  The  bears  meantime  followed  those 
who  were  running  to  the  ship.  On  the  other 
side  Barenz  and  Veer  made  the  circuit  of  it  to 
enter  behind.  On  reaching  it  they  had  the  joy 
to  see  all  their  people  there  with  the  exception 
of  the  man  who  had  fallen  in  the  crack. 

The  furious  animals  now  presented  them- 
selves to  board  the  vessel  after  them,  and  could 
only  be  stopped  at  first  by  the  pieces  of  wood 
and  different  utensils  that  they  hastened  to 
throw  at  their  heads,  and  at  which  they  sprung 
each  time  as  a  dog  runs  after  a  stone  that  is 


40     DUTCH  SAILORS  AND  THE  BEARS. 

thrown  him.  They  had  nothing  on  board  but 
the  two  halberds  ;  they  wished  to  fire  a  gun, 
light  a  fire,  attempt  to  burn  some  handsful  of 
powder,  but  in  the  confusion  and  terror  they 
could  accomplish  nothing  which  they  under- 
took. 

Meantime  the  bears  kept  returning  to  the  as- 
sault with  the  same  fury,  and  utensils  and  wood 
to  throw  at  them  began  to  fail.  The  Dutch- 
men finally  owed  their  preservation  only  to  a 
fortunate  chance,  or,  we  should  say,  a  kind 
Providence.  Barenz  in  his  extremity  consult- 
ing his  despair  rather  than  his  prudence,  threw 
his  halberd,  which  struck  violently  on  the  muz- 
zle of  the  largest  bear.  The  animal  was  ap- 
parently so  wounded  that  he  retreated  with  a 
loud  cry,  and  the  two  others,  who  were  much 
smaller,  followed  him  immediately,  though 
with  a  slow  pace. 

We  cannot  tell  all  the  dangers  with  which 
they  were  threatened,  the  most  terrible  of 
which  was  the  want  of  food.  They  took 
an  account  of  the  bread  which  remained. 
The  stock  of  dried  fish  and  meat  were  still 
abundant,  but  their  wine  began  to  fail,  and 
what  beer  remained  had  lost  its  strength. 
They   took  some  foxes,  which   now   showed 


DUTCH    SAILORS    AND    THE    BEARS.  41 

themselves,  instead  of  the  bears,  who  retired 
with  the  sun  and  did  not  reappear  until  his 
return. 

The  months  of  February  and  March,  and  the 
fifteen  first  days  of  April,  were  alternately  fair 
and  foul  weather,  mists  and  frosts,  terror  at 
sight  of  the  bears,  and  pleasure  after  they  had 
killed  them.  The  sixth  of  April,  a  bear  came 
down  to  the  door  of  the  hut ;  it  was  open,  but 
they  succeeded  in  closing  it  and  holding  it  fast. 
But  he  came  back  in  about  two  hours,  and  climb- 
ed up  on  the  roof,  where  he  made  a  noise,  at 
which  they  were  all  alarmed ;  his  efforts  to 
break  down  the  chimney  were  so  great,  that 
more  than  once  they  thought  he  was  master  of 
the  passage.  He  tore  the  sail  with  which  the 
roof  was  covered,  and  finally  went  away,  after 
having  done  considerable  damage. 

The  rigor  of  the  weather  having  ceased  on 
the  fifteenth  of  April,  all  the  Dutchmen  went 
to  visit  their  ship,  and  their  joy  was  extreme  to 
find  it  in  the  state  in  which  they  had  left  it. 
The  next  day  they  observed,  in  the  distance, 
that  the  ice  was  breaking  up  ;  some  of  the  men 
had  the  boldness  to  get  upon  the  blocks  of  ice, 
and  to  pass  from  one  to  the  other,  until  they 
reached  the  water,  which  they  had  not  seen  for 


42     DUTCH  SAILORS  AND  THE  BEARS. 

six  months.  On  reaching  it,  they  saw  a  little 
bird,  which  immediately  plunged  into  the  water, 
which  led  them  to  believe  that  the  sea  was 
more  open  than  it  had  been  since  their  abode 
in  Nova  Zembla. 

In  May,  the  ice  having  been  moved  by  a 
north-east  wind,  they  employed  themselves  in 
putting  the  vessel  and  the  little  fishing-boat  in 
a  state  to  take  their  departure.  While  they 
were  at  work,  a  frightful  bear  made  his  appear- 
ance. The  poor  sailors  immediately  entered 
their  hut,  and  the  most  skilful  marksmen  distri- 
buted themselves  at  the  three  doors,  awaiting 
him  with  their  guns  ;  another,  also  armed, 
mounted  the  chimney.  ^he  bear  marched 
proudly  toward  the  hut ;  a  musket-shot  knocked 
him  over,  and  they  soon  succeeded  in  killing 
him. 

On  the  thirtieth,  all  those  who  were  able  to 
work  on  the  boats  were  employed  upon  them 
diligently,  and  the  others  were  mending  the 
sails  or  making  in  the  hut  such  preparations  as 
were  necessary  before  their  departure.  The 
sailors  on  the  outside  were  busily  engaged, 
when  a  bear  came  boldly  up  to  them.  All 
took  flight  toward  the  hut  ;  the  bear  followed 
them,  but  a  salute  of  three  guns,  which  all  hit, 
stretched  him  dead  on  the  snow. 


DUTCH  SAILORS  AND  THE  BEARS.     43 

This  meat  cost  them  dear,  however,  for  hav- 
ing cut  up  the,  animal,  and  cooked  the  liver, 
which  they  ate,  they  were  all  made  sick  by  it. 

After  a  few  days,  all  of  them  having  recov- 
ered their  health,  they  continued  their  labor, 
and  on  the  fourteenth  of  June  the  two  vessels 
were  in  a  state  to  set  sail.  But  before  leaving 
the  ice,  they  had  still  great  suffering  to  endure. 
One  day,  they  came  from  the  fishing-boat  to 
the  larger  vessel,  to  inform  Barenz  that  one  of 
the  men  was  dying.  My  dying  hour,  said  Ba- 
renz, is  not  far  off.  His  people,  who  saw  him 
looking  attentively  at  a  chart,  could  not  sup- 
pose he  was  ill.  But  soon,  laying  down  the 
map,  he  said  that  his  strength  failed  him,  after 
which  he  rolled  his  eyes,  and  without  adding  a 
word  expired.  This  loss  and  that  pf  the  sailor 
plunged  the  survivors  in  consternation.  There 
were  now  only  thirteen  in  the  two  vessels. 

On  the  first  of  November,  after  a  series  of 
misfortunes,  these  poor  people  reached  Hol- 
land. Their  arrival  at  Amsterdam  created 
great  astonishment,  as  it  had  been  supposed 
they  were  lost.  They  were  received  with 
transport  by  their  friends,  and  their  courage 
and  the  singularity  of  their  adventures  was 
everywhere  praised  and  admired. 


COWARDICE  MAGNIFIES  DANGER. 


A  wolf  came  prowling  down  the  hill. 

"  Up  shepherd,  rouse  tbe  sleeping  hound, 
Your  master's  flock  the  beast  will  kill, 

The  timid  sheep  all  cluster  round.'' 

The  coward  shepherd  leaves  the  flock, 
And  to  a  place  of  safety  creeps. 

The  trembling  dogs,  a  dastard  stock, 
Not  one  his  watchful  station  keeps. 

The  wolf  appeared,  death  dealing  round, 
And  many  a  sheep  that  day  expired, 

The  living,  wounded  lay  around. 

With  plunder  gorged  the  wolf  retired. 

"When  the  dire  slaughter  all  was  done, 
The  coward  shepherd  came  again. 

"How  could  you  leave  us  thus,"  cries  one 
Of  the  few  sheep  which  still  remain  ! 


CHARADE.  45 

The  shepherd  said,  "I  wished  to  stay, 
But  then  the  wolf,  I  know  not  how. 

Looked  large,"  "  Indeed  how  large  ?  Pray  say," 
Said  a  young  lamb.     "  Big  as  a  cow." 

The  wounded  animals  cried  "  Fie, 
What  trifles  cowards  can  alarm  ye." 

How  fears  our  foes  may  magnify, 
A  wolf  a  cow,  ten  men  an  army. 


CHARADE. 


When  moved  by  terror  or  by  cold, 
You  sometimes  do  my  First, 

And  oftener  when  to  western  climes 
Your  health  and  hopes  you  trust. 

When  ancient  heroes  met  for  war, 
They  used  my  sturdy  Second  ; 

But  now  for  taking  harmless  fish 
More  useful  it  is  reckoned. 

My  Whole  no  longer  lives  and  breathes. 
But  still  his  words  have  power 

To  wake  the  deepest  springs  of  grief, 
Or  cheer  the  saddest  hour. 


THE  LINNET'S  NEST. 

BUILD    NEITHER    TOO    HIGH    NOR    TOO    LOW. 

A  Linnet  trained  with  care  and  love, 

The  parent  birds'  delight, 
His  youthful  wings  had  dared  to  prove, 

And  taken  his  first  liight. 


His  wings  were  strong,  his  eye  was  clear, 

Mature  he  had  become  ; 
He  looked  about,  a  spot  to  find, 

Where  he  should  place  his  home. 


A  lofty  oak  he  first  espied, 

And  mid  its  noble  shade 
A  well  formed  nest  he  built  with  pride, 

And  there  his  dwelling  made. 


THE  linnet's  nest.  47 

But  soon  the  storms  and  rains  come  on, 

The  furious  tempests  blow, 
The  lightnings  blast  the  sturdy  oak, 

The  Linnet's  nest  lies  low. 


But  luckily  indeed  for  him 

On  that  eventful  day, 
Young  Linnet  had  a  visit  made. 

And  lingered  on  the  way. 

When  he  returned  the  ruined  oak 

All  shattered  met  his  eye, 
And  his  poor  nest,  all  torn  and  broke. 

Proved  he  had  built  too  high. 

He  next  time  chose  a  humble  spot, 
And  in  the  grass  built  low  — 

Yet  here  he  found  both  dust  and  worms. 
And  feared  the  scythe's  dread  blow. 


Linnet  removed  and  placed  his  nest 

In  a  thick  hedge's  shade, 
Not  proudly  mounting  to  the  clouds 

Nor  at  the  bottom  laid. 


And  in  this  quiet  shady  spot 
Contentedly  he  lives, 
A  mate  and  young  ones  cheer  his  lot, 
And  he  for  nothing  grieves. 


48,  CHARADE. 

And  happy  days  and  peaceful  nights 
Young  man  wouldst  thou  secure, 

Shun  lowest  depths  and  loftiest  heights, 
The  middle  is  most  sure. 


CHARADE. 


When  Nancy  more  refined  had  grown, 
My  First  she  called  her  name. 

And  such  a  simple  change  as  this, 
No  one  could  surely  blame. 

But  "  Give  an  inch,  they  take  an  ell," 
A  truth  was  always  reckoned, 

And  Nancy  proves  the  maxim  well, 
Her  name  is  now  my  Second. 

My  Whole,  a  juicy  pleasant  fruit. 
Near  the  warm  tropic  grows. 

By  this  time  you  have  guessed  its  name, 
Which  every  body  knows. 


THE  SHEPHERD'S  DOG. 


In  countries  where  large  flocks  of  sheep  are 
kept,  dogs  are  of  very  great  vakie.  They  give 
great  help  to  the  shepherds,  and  often  lend 
them  more  assistance  than  many  men  or  boys 
could  do.  They  soon  come  to  know  all  the 
sheep  belonging  to  the  flock  to  which  they  be- 
long, and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  shep- 
herd, will  collect  and  house  them  with  great 
care.  Many  stories  are  told  of  the  sagacity  of 
dogs  ;  we  collect  a  few  of  them  for  the  readers 
of  the  Annualette,  and  present  them  with  a 
picture  of  a  fine  animal  of  the  breed  used  by 
shepherds  to  assist  them  in  the  care  of  their 
sheep. 

A  gentleman  who  occupied  a  farm  in  a  remote 

district  of  Scotland,   had  a  dog  of  the  genuine 

colly,  or  shepherd's  breed,  named    Gashkan, 

which  means  a  hero,  or  my  hero.     This  dog 

4 


52  THE  shepherd's   dog. 

attached  himself  to  one  of  the  men  employed 
about  the  farm,  who  was  married  and  lived  in 
a  house  by  himself,  not  boarding  regularly  in 
the  farmer's  family,  though  he  often  dined 
with  his  work-people  by  invitation,  and  when 
that  was  the  case  his  dog  Gashkan  always  ac- 
companied his  master. 

Gashkan  was  an  observing  dog,  and  he  soon 
found  out  when  dinner  was  ahnost  ready. 
When  it  was  nearly  time  to  call  in  the  people, 
a  large  pot  of  broth  was  set  down  on  the  hearth, 
and  a  long  table  was  laid.  Then  the  dairy- 
maid gave  a  loud  call  at  the  door,  which  was 
answered  by  the  men  from  the  fields,  and  while 
they  were  on  their  way  in,  she  made  every- 
thing ready  for  them. 

The  men  knew  by  the  shadows  on  the  moun- 
tains, and  perhaps  too  by  their  own  appetites, 
when  the  time  drew  near,  and  if  one  of  them 
grew  impatient,  he  would  say,  "Go,  Gashkan, 
see  if  the  dinner  be  ready."  Gashkan  would 
set  off  in  a  minute,  ii',  on  looking  in  at  the 
door,  he  saw  the  pot  on  the  hearth  and  the  ta- 
ble spread,  he  ran  back  very  fast,  licked  his 
lips,  wagged  his  tail,  and  frisked  about  his 
master  ;  but  if  he  saw  no  preparation  in  the 
kitchen,  he  went  slowly  back  with  his  tail  and 


THE    shepherd's    DOG.  53 

ears  drooping,  and  when  asked  if  dinner  was 
ready,  slunk  sheepishly  behind  his  master. 

A  little  dog,  Mho  was  much  attached  to  a 
young  lady  in  the  family  in  wliich  she  lived, 
and  who  was  no  great  favorite  with  any  other 
member  of  the  household,  when  her  young 
protector  was  absent  for  a  day  or  more,  left 
the  house  and  went  to  make  a  visit  to  a  domes- 
tic in  the  family  of  an  elder  sister  of  the  young 
lady,  where  she  was  always  kindly  received, 
and  where  she  would  pass  the  day  and  return 
quietly  home  at  night.  This  method  of  passing 
the  time  during  the  absence  of  her  friend  she 
repeated  several  times. 

A  poor  w^oman  in  one  of  the  towns  near 
Boston,  lived,  some  years  since,  in  a  small 
house  situated  at  a  distance  from  any  public 
road.  She  had  a  sick  husband  and  several 
small  children,  and  was  not  always  very  well 
provided  with  the  necessaries  of  life.  A  very 
violent  snow  storm,  which  continued  for  seve- 
ral days,  banked  up  the  poor  woman's  house, 
and  made  it  impossible  for  her  to  go  herself  or 
send  one  of  her  children  to  the  nearest  neigh- 
bor, which  was  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  across 
the  fields,  to  ask  for  some  supplies  of  food.  At 
last  she  wrote  a  note   to  her  neighbor,  telling 


54  THE    shepherd's    DOG. 

her  wants,  and,  tying  it  round  the  neck  of  a 
large  dog  who  made  one  of  her  httle  house- 
hold, she  took  him  to  the  door,  opened  it,  and 
pointed  to  the  house  where  she  wished  him  to 
go.  Her  faithful  friend  plunged  through  the 
snow  and  reached  the  house,  and  did  not  cease 
from  his  exertions  until  he  had  attracted  the  at- 
tention of  some  of  the  family,  who  untied  the 
note  from  his  neck.  On  learning  the  wants  of 
the  poor  woman,  they  filled  a  basket  with  such 
articles  as  she  needed,  and  the  dog  trotted  gaily 
along  by  the  side  of  the  man  who  went  through 
the  snow  to  take  this  welcome  supply  to  the 
suffering  family. 

Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  beautiful  poem  of 
Hellvellyn,  celebrates  the  faithfulness  of  a  dog 
whose  body  was  found  stretched  by  the  side  of 
his  dead  master,  a  young  man,  who  had  been 
seen  travelling  in  the  mountain  country,  ac- 
companied by  a  little  dog.  It  was  supposed 
the  young  man  had  perished  in  the  mountain 
region  from  fatigue  or  some  accident,  as,  some 
time  after  he  had  been  seen  with  the  dog,  his 
body  was  found,  and  the  skeleton  of  his  faithful 
friend,  the  dog,  close  beside  him. 

A  Newfoundland   dog,  one  of  that  race  who 
are  fond  of  the   water,  belonged,   some   years 


THE    SnEPIIERD's    DOG.  55 

since,  to  the  captain  of  a  ship  which  was  lest 
near  Yarmoalh,  England.  The  dog  escaped 
from  the  wreck,  and  brought  in  his  mouth  the 
captain's  pocket-book.  He  landed  amid  a 
number  of  persons,  several  of  whom  in  vain 
endeavored  to  take  it  from  him.  The  saga- 
cious animal  seemed  as  if  he  knew  that  what 
he  had  was  very  valuable  —  it  had  probably 
been  given  him  by  his  dying  master.  At 
length  he  leaped  fawningly  against  the  breast  of 
a  man  who  had  attracted  his  notice  among  the 
crowd,  and  delivered  the  pocket-book  to  him. 
The  dog  immediately  returned  to  the  place 
where  he  had  landed,  and  watched  whh  great 
attention  for  everything  that  came  from  the 
wrecked  vessel,  seizing  hold  of  the  articles 
and  trying  to  bring  them  to  land. 

It  is  said  that,  some  years  ago,  when  the 
church  of  St.  Paul's  in  London  was  undergoing 
some  repairs,  a  favorite  dog  followed  its  mas- 
ter up  the  dark  stairs  to  the  dome  of  the  build- 
ing. Here,  all  at  once,  it  w^as  missing,  and 
calling  and  whistling  did  no  good.  Nine  weeks 
after  this,  some  glaziers  were  at  work  in  the 
cathedral,  and  heard  among  the  timbers,  which 
support  the  dome,  a  faint  noise.  Thinking  it 
mij^ht  be  some  unfortunate  human  being,  they 
4* 


56  THE  shepherd's  dog. 

tied  a  rope  round  a  boy,  and  let  him  down  near 
the  place  whence  the  sound  came.  At  the 
bottom  he  found  a  dog  lying  on  its  side,  and  an 
old  shoe  half  eaten.  The  humanity  of  the  boy 
led  him  to  rescue  the  dog  from  its  miserable 
situation,  and  it  was  accordingly  drawn  up, 
much  emaciated  and  hardly  able  to  stand.  The 
workmen  placed  it  in  the  porch  of  the  church, 
to  die  or  live,  as  it  might  happen.  This  was 
about  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Some  time 
after,  the  dog  was  seen  endeavoring  to  cross 
over  the  street,  but  its  weakness  was  so  great, 
that  as  there  was  no  wall  to  support  it,  it  could 
not  succeed.  The  miserable  appearance  of  the 
dog  again  excited  the  compassion  of  a  boy,  who 
carried  it  over.  By  the  help  of  the  houses, 
against  which  it  could  lean,  it  proceeded  along 
the  street  and  over  two  narrow  crossings,  and 
at  about  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  it  reached 
its  master's  house  in  Red  Lion  street,  and  laid 
itself  down  on  the  steps,  having  been  ten  hours 
on  its  journey  from  St.  Paul's  to  that  place. 
The  dog  was  so  much  altered,  the  eyes  being 
sunk  in  the  head  so  as  to  be  scarcely  discerni- 
ble, that  his  master  did  not  at  first  suppose  him 
to  be  his  faithful  companion.  The  first  indica- 
tion it  gave  of  knowing  its  master  was  by  wag- 


THE    shepherd's    DOG.  57 

ging  its  tail  at  the  name  of  Phillis.  For  a  long 
time  it  was  unable  to  eat  and  drink,  and  it  was 
kept  alive  by  the  food  it  received  from  its  mis- 
tress, who  used  to  feed  it  with  a  teaspoon  ;  and 
by  her  care  it  finally  recovered. 

Men  and  women,  and  boys  and  girls  may 
take  pattern  by  the  patience  and  faithful  attach- 
ment of  dogs,  and  they  should  always  take  care 
to  treat  kindly  these  animals,  and  never  teaze 
and  torment  them,  as  is  sometimes  done  by 
cruel  or  thoughtless  persons. 


CHARADE. 


M'y  Ffrst  is  attendant  on  Kings  and  on  Queens, 

And  figures  in  splendor  and  yoiitli ; 
It  also  speaks  wisdom,  and  tells  poets'  dreams, 

Tlie  doctrines  of  falsehood  or  truth. 

My  Second,  though  small,  teaches  lessons  to  man, 

And  in  scripture  is  used  as  a  text. 
It  minds  its  own  business,  works  steadily  on, 

With  tlie  cares  of  the  world  unperplexed. 

My  Whole  may  be  bright,  though  it  often  is  sad. 
True  or  false,  loud  or  still,  grave  or  gay. 

The  great  love  its  splendor,  but  plain  people  still 
Prefer  to  keep  out  of  its  way. 


FRANKLIN  PLACE  —  BOSTON. 


Little  Agnes  sat  at  the  window  of  one  of  the 
houses  which  look  out  upon  the  pleasant  green 
spot,  which  is  fenced  in  and  shaded  by  trees, 
in  the  middle  of  Franklin  Place,  in  Boston. 
To  those  who  are  i;:.Licquainted  with  the  spot, 
the  wood-cut,  which  accompanies  this  story, 
will  give  a  very  good  idea  of  the  place. 

There  are  many  flowering  shrubs  in  this  lit- 
tle enclosure,  and  as  it  was  the  season  of  blos- 
soms, the  air  came  in  at  the  window  where 
Agnes  was  sitting,  perfumed  with  the  flowers, 
and  she  enjoyed  her  view  of  the  little  garden 
very  much. 

Soon  the  sky  became  clouded  over,  a  gust  of 
wind  swept  by,  the  little  shrubs  and  branches 
bent  as  if  they  would  break  off,  the  flower 
leaves  fell  fast ;  presently  the  sharp  lightning 
appeared,  theii  the   distant  rumbling  thunder. 


60  FRANKLIN    PLACE. 

Again  and  again  came  the  sharp  bright  light- 
ning, and  between  the  shocks  it  was  so  dark 
that  Agnes  could  hardly  see  to  thread  her  nee- 
dle. The  rain  came  pouring  down,  and  spat- 
tered in  at  the  window  in  such  a  manner  that 
Agnes  was  obliged  to  draw  down  the  glass. 

"  How  I  hate  thunder  showers,"  cried  she  ; 
"  they  compel  one  to  shut  the  window,  and  put 
an  end  to  all  one's  enjoyment  in  the  blossoms. 
I  do  not  see  what  good  they  ever  do." 

"  They  certainly  do  good,  by  making  the 
air  pure  and  clear,"  said  her  mother  ;  "  and  I 
believe  if  the  old  story  is  true,  if  it  had  not  been 
for  a  thunder  storm,  we  might  never  have  had 
this  pretty  green  spot  in  front  of  our  house." 

"  Why,  what  had  a  thunder  shower  to  do 
with  the  glass  plat  there,"  asked  Agnes  ;  "  pray 
tell  me,  mother,  for  next  to  smelling  the  blos- 
soms, I  think  hearing  an  old  story  is  one  of  the 
most  agreeable  things." 

"  I  recollect,"  replied  her  mother,  "  hearing 
an  old  lady,  who  was  pretty  accurate  in  her 
facts,  say,  that,  some  sixty  or  seventy  years 
ago,  when  Boston  was  not  nearly  as  large  as  it 
is  now,  there  was  a  house  standing  in  Summer 
street,  about  where  the  new  buildings  are  now 
going  up,  which  had  a  garden  running  quite 


FRANKLIN    PLACE.  61 

back  into  the  Place  which  is  now  occupied  by 
the  houses  in  Franklin  street. 

"  It  was  a  very  pretty  garden;  and,  at  the 
lower  part  of  it,  where  this  grass-plat  now  is, 
was  a  fish-pond,  filled  with  gold  and  silver 
fishes.  All  the  banks  of  the  pond  were  orna- 
mented with  flowering  shrubs,  and  it  was  a 
pleasant  sight  to  see  the  little  gold  and  silver 
fish  jump  up  to  catch  the  crumbs  of  bread 
which  the  children  would  throw  into  the  pond. 

"  One  night  there  came  a' very  severe  storm 
of  rain,  with  thunder  and  lightning  ;  the  light- 
ning was  very  sharp,  and  struck  the  pond. 
The  next  morning  all  the  little  fishes  were 
found  dead,  and  the  springs  which  supplied  the 
pond  with  water  were  so  affected  by  the  shock, 
that  the  water  ran  away  and  the  pond  never 
filled  again,  but  remained  a  disagreeable, 
marshy  spot. 

"  As  this  part  of  the  garden  was  so  much 
injured,  the  owner  resolved  not  to  attempt  to 
restore  it  to  its  former  state  ;  but  he  sold  it  to 
some  gentlemen,  who  formed  an  association, 
and  built,  in  a  sort  of  partnership,  all  the  build- 
ings on  the  south  side,  from  what  is  now  Haw- 
ley  street,  to  the  Catholic  church.  These  were 
called  the  Tontine  Buildings. 


63  FRANKLIN    PLACE. 

"  To  make  these  houses  pleasant,  they  laid 
out  this  little  garden  in  the  middle,  planted 
trees,  and  placed  in  the  centre  a  monument  in 
memory  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  who  was  a  very 
wise  man,  you  know,  and  who  had  done  a 
great  deal  to  benefit  his  native  town.  In  time, 
the  houses  on  the  opposite  side  were  built,  and 
it  has  always  remained  a  very  pleasant  street." 

"  I  dare  say,"  said  Agnes,  "  that  when  it  first 
happened  the  people  thought  it  was  a  sad  thing, 
and  that  nothing  could  ever  take  the  place  of 
the  fish  pond,  which  would  be  half  so  pretty." 

"  Very  likely,  my  dear ;  and  perhaps  this 
little  account  of  the  fish  pond  and  thunder 
storm,  may  make  you  not  only  more  reconcil- 
ed to  a  shower  which  sometimes  compels  you 
to  shut  the  window,  but  may  lead  you  to  think, 
that  even  the  things,  which,  at  the  time,  seem 
most  disagreeable  and  unfortunate,  may  in  the 
end  turn  out  pleasant  and  useful.  You  must 
always  bear  in  mind,  that  nothing  happens  by 
chance,  but  that  the  same  good  God  who  sup- 
plies you  with  everything  you  enjoy,  also  or- 
ders and  permits,  for  some  wise  purpose,  which 
you  cannot,  to  be  sure,  always  see  clearly,  all 
you  suffer." 


THE   JUVENILE   COURT  ROOM, 


After  the  investigation  respecting  the  break- 
ing of  the  receiver  of  Dr.  Johnson's  air  pump, 
some  account  of  which  was  given  in  the  annals 
of  the  Juvenile  Court  Room  contained  in  the 
Annualette  for  eighteen  hundred  and  forty- 
three,  the  school  at  X,  both  in  the  male  and 
female  department,  remained  very  quiet.  Miss 
Bridge  and  Master  Pelham,  who  it  will  be 
recollected  were  convicted,  on  strong  circum- 
stantial evidence,  and  finally  on  their  own  con- 
fession of  the  offence,  had  fulfilled  the  sentence 
of  the  court,  a  new  receiver  to  the  air  pump 
had  been  procured,  the  parrot  had  recovered 
her  equanimity,  and  things  all  went  on  for 
some  time  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner  both 
to  teachers  and  pupils. 

It  was  therefore   not  without  astonishment 
5 


66  THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

that  the  boys  one  day  heard  Dr.  Johnson  an- 
nounce, at  the  end  of  the  regular  school  exer- 
cises, that  an  occurrence  had  happened  which 
would  render  it  necessary  that  a  sitting  of  the 
Juvenile  Court  should  be  held.  He  appointed 
the  next  Wednesday  afternoon  for  the  session, 
and  requested  the  young  men  to  select  the 
judges  and  other  officers  of  the  court,  and  also 
to  choose  a  committee  of  six  to  wait  on  Mrs. 
Meredith,  the  head  of  the  female  department 
of  the  school,  and  to  request  her  with  her  pu- 
pils and  assistant  teachers  to  be  present  at  the 
trial. 

Great  consultation  took  place  among  the 
boys  respecting  the  cause  of  this  proceedinv;. 
Nothing  remarkable  had  taken  place  in  the 
school,  at  least  nothing  that  was  generally 
known,  and  as  to  those  who  had  been  con- 
cerned in  any  secret  mischief,  their  con- 
sciences probably  accused  them,  but  they  took 
care  to  give  no  intimations  of  what  they  really 
knew. 

Wednesday  afternoon  came,  —  the  hall 
of  justice  was  arranged  in  the  usual  order. 
Seats  were  placed  for  Dr.  Johnson  and  the 
other  teachers,  with  the  pupils  of  the  boys' 
school  on  one  side,  and  for  Mrs.  Meredith  with 


THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM.       67 

her  assistants  and  pupils  on  the  other.  Master 
John  Marshall,  William  Parsons  and  James 
Sedgwick  were  placed  in  the  judge's  seat,  and 
a  number  of  young  gentlemen  stood  ready  to 
act  as  counsel  to  defend  any  one  who  should 
be  accused. 

Master  Erskine,  the  School  Attorney,  then 
stepped  forward  and  said  that  an  unpleasant  af- 
fair had  happened  in  the  neighborhood  of  their 
institution,  and  that  some  of  the  sufferers  from  it 
felt  disposed  to  attribute  the  blame  to  members 
of  the  school  at  X.  Though  in  all  institutions 
as  large  as  this  was,  and  made  up  as  all  schools 
were,  of  young  people  of  various  ages,  the 
moral  education  of  some  of  whom  seemed  some- 
times to  have  been  neglected,  yet  he  was  very 
unwilling  to  believe  that  any  one  who  had  en- 
joyed, if  only  for  a  short  time,  the  advantages 
of  the  excellent  instruction  which  was  given  at 
X,  should  be  guilty  of  the  terrible  crime  with 
which  they  were  charged,  which  was  nothing 
else  than  burglary  in  the  night  time  in  the 
house  of  Mr.  Theodosius  Androscoggin  ! 

At  the  declaration  of  such  a  horrible  offence 
a  shudder  passed  through  the  whole  circle  of 
young  people,  and  an  involuntary  murmur  of 
"  Oh,  no,"  passed  round  the  court  room.     The 


68  THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM. 

judge  desired  the  sheriff  to  keep  order  in  the 
court,  and  the  sight  of  his  long  white  pole,  im- 
mediately checked  this  involuntary  ebullition 
of  feeling. 

The  Attorney  then  called  his  principal  wit- 
ness. 

Attorney.  What  is  your  name  ? 

Witness.  Theodosius  Androscoggin. 

Attorney.  What  is  your  business  ? 

Here  the  witness  hesitated,  but  at  last  ex- 
plained that  he  did  not  now  carry  on  any  very 
active  business  ;  he  had  formerly  been  em- 
ployed as  a  travelling  merchant,  but  he  had  of 
late  years  retired  from  that  occupation,  and 
lived  in  a  small  house,  an  end  of  which  and 
the  garden  belonging  to  it  stretched  along  by 
the  side  of  the  principal  building  of  Dr.  John- 
son's school. 

Attorney.  Please  to  state,  Mr.  Androscoggin, 
what  happened  at  your  house  on  the  evening 
of  August  olst,  that  is  the  Wednesday  of  last 
week. 

Witness.  May  it  please  your  honor  and  this 
very  honorable  court,  I  had  just  retired  to  rest 
at  about  the  hour  of  nine  o'clock.  I  generally 
retire  early,  having  been  taught  in  my  youth 
by  a  worthy  aunt  of  mine,  who  was  a  pattern 


THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM.       69 

of  vigilance  and  industry,  that  little  couplet, 
beginning  "  early  to  bed  "  — 

Attorney.  The  witness  will  please  to  confine 
himself  to  a  simple  relation  of  the  events  which 
took  place  on  the  evening  of  the  31st,  any  allu- 
sion to  his  own  domestic  habhs  or  those  even  of 
a  revered  relation  are  uncalled  for  on  this  oc- 
casion. 

Witness.  Well  sir,  then,  as  I  w^as  saying, 
I  had  gone  to  bed  about  nine  o'clock.  Perhaps 
it  may  not  be  out  of  the  way  for  me  to  men- 
tion that  my  sleeping  apartment  is  in  a  quarter 
of  the  house  which  extends  in  the  form  of  a 
bow  out  into  the  garden.  That  directly  in  front 
of  the  window  which  forms  the  part  of  the 
room  extending  farthest  into  the  garden,  stands 
a  fine  peach  tree,  which  on  that  evening  was 
full  of  ripe  peaches.  [Here  the  witness  hand- 
ed in  a  plan  of  the  garden,  the  bow  window 
and  the  peach  tree.  This  plan  also  exhibited 
a  wing  of  Dr.  Johnson's  school,  which  ran 
along  beside  the  garden,  and  some  windows  of 
which  overlooked  it  very  closely.] 

The  plan  here  passed  round  the  judges' 
bench,  and  from  them  into  other  parts  of  the 
room.     The  witness  resumed  his  testimony. 

Well,  gentlemen  and  ladies,  as  I  observed,  I 


70  THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM. 

went  to  bed  about  nine  o'clock  and  had  just 
fallen  into  my  first  sleep,  which,  as  my  aunt 
used  to  say,  is  always  the  soundest,  "  Theodo, 
my  dear,"  she  used  to  say  to  me,  "  be  sure  ^''ou 
do  not  walk  over  my  head  hard  just  as  I  get 
into  my  first  sleep,  for  if  one  gets  waked  up 
from  their  first  sleep  it  seems  as  if  — 

Attorney.  The  witness  must  confine  him- 
self to  the  relation  of  the  events  of  the  31st  — 
it  is  an  insult  to  this  respectable  court  to  detain 
it  with  such  reminiscences. 

Witness.  I  again  beg  the  pardon  of  the 
court,  but  if  you  had  only  known  my  aunt. 
But,  as  I  was  saying,  I  had  just  got  into  my 
first  sleep,  when  crash,  I  was  awaked  by  a  most 
terrible  noise,  the  upper  part  of  the  window 
fell  in,  and  after  it  came  tumbling  a  great  stout 
boy  —  man  I  might  call  him  —  I  immediately 
began  to  cry  "  fire,  murder,  thieves,  help,"  and 
make  all  sorts  of  noise,  when  another  boy 
jumped  in  at  the  window,  and  both  of  them 
seized  me  with  the  most  terrific  gripe  and  told 
me  to  lie  down  on  my  bed  and  not  speak 
a  word  till  I  had  counted  three  hundred,  for  if 
I  moved  or  stirred  before  that  time  there  were 
six  stout  men  on  the  balcony  outside  the  win- 
dow with  guns  loaded  with  four  bullets  each. 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM.  71 

who  would  immediately  all  let  loose  their 
pieces  upon  me. 

They  then  quietly  opened  the  door  of  the 
bed  room,  walked  down  the  stairs,  opened  the 
front  door  and  went  out  of  the  house  closing 
the  door  after  them.  I  lay  trembling  in  my 
bed  until  I  had  first  reckoned  how  many  bullets 
would  enter  my  poor  body  if  all  the  six  men 
fired  each  his  four  bullets.  This,  as  your 
honor  will  perceive,  would  have  been  twenty- 
four  bullets  ;  I  then  counted  my  three  hundred, 
and  then  rising  from  my  bed  went  to  the  win- 
dow. It  was  so  broken  that  I  could  step  directly 
out  on  the  balcony  ;  there  was  no  one  there  ; 
the  six  gunners,  if  they  had  been  there,  were 
gone,  and  I  began  to  suspect  that  the  lads  had 
not  spoken  the  truth  when  they  stated  that  they 
were  there. 

Attorney.  Were  there  any  unusual  appear- 
ances about  the  balcony } 

Witness.  Yes  your  honor,  the  peach  tree 
was  broken  down,  a  great  many  of  the  peaches 
scattered  on  the  balcony,  and  a  large  sheet  lay 
spread  over  the  branches  which  had  the  ap- 
pearance of  having  been  gathered  up  and  tied 
by  the  four  corners. 


72       THE   JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

Attorney.  Do  you  know  who  the  lads  were 
who  entered  your  apartment  in  this  unceremoni- 
ous way  ? 

Witness.  No  sir,  I  do  not,  I  had  an  im- 
pression at  the  time  that  they  were  young  men 
belonging  to  this  school,  and  I  think  so  now, 
but  when  I  look  round  upon  the  vast  number  of 
young  gentlemen  here  I  find  it  utterly  impossi- 
ble to  identify  either  as  the  ci^iminal. 

Attorney.  What  are  your  reasons  for  fixing 
such  an  imputation  on  the  young  men  of  the 
seminary,  and  what  reasons  could  they  have 
for  entering  your  room  in  such  an  unceremoni- 
ous way  ? 

Wit7iess.  Why  your  honor,  I  am  a  poor 
man  as  your  honor  knows,  but  people  will  insist 
on  calling  me  rich,  and  for  these  reasons  they 
declare  a  few  boxes  which  I  have  piled  in  my 
room  and  which  only  contain  some  trifling 
articles,  they  declare  that  these  boxes  are  filled 
with  gold  pieces,  absurd  as  is  the  idea  of  a  poor 
man  like  me  hoarding  gold,  yet  knowing  that 
some  people  believe  I  do,  I  imagined  these 
young  men  might  be  of  the  number,  and  have 
some  idea  of  getting  a  little  pocket  money  ;  my 
house  too  is  so  near  the  school  that  the  young 
men  there  were  the  first  people  I  thought  of. 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOxH.  73 

Attorney.  Did  you  preserve  the  sheet  that 
you  found  hanging  on  the  tree  ? 

Witness.     I  did  sir. 

Attorney.  Let  it  be  produced  in  the  court. 
A  messenger  was  immediately  despatched  who 
returned  with  the  sheet,  which  proved  to  be 
one  of  stout  Russia  linen  ;  on  examination  a 
mark  was  discovered  in  the  corner  bearing  the 
letters  X  School,  No.  44. 

When  this  fact  was  announced  a  murmur  of 
surprise,  with  expressions  of  mortification  and 
regret,  passed  round  the  assembly. 

The  attorney  then  asked  permission  to  sum- 
mon as  a  witness  the  chambermaid  who  had 
charge  of  the  sheets  of  the  establishment. 

Amy  Linden  appeared.  She  had  the  charge 
of  the  bed  linen  of  the  establishment  at  X. 

Attorney.  Do  you  remember  hearing  of  a 
sheet  having  been  missed  from  the  establish- 
ment lately  ? 

Amy.  On  the  morning  of  the  first  of  Sep- 
tember the  chambermaid  came  to  me  for  a 
sheet  saying  that  one  had  disappeared  from 
one  of  the  rooms  in  the  north  wing,  as  it  was 
not  the  regular  day  for  giving  out  sheets  and  as 
I  thought  it  might  have  been  mislaid  by  her 
own  carelessness  (or  that  of  the  lads)  I  declined 


74       THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

giving  her  one,  but  told  her  she  must  find  out 
what  had  become  of  the  other. 

Ansiess  Plumer^  the  chambermaid,  was  called 
and  asked  from  what  room  in  the  north  wing 
the  sheet  had  disappeared  on  the  morning  of 
the  1st.  She  gave  the  number  as  28.  The  list 
of  the  bed  rooms,  on  which  was  recorded  the 
numbers  of  the  rooms  and  the  names  of  the 
young  m.en  who  occupied  them  was  handed 
into  the  court  and  read,  and  the  occupants  of 
the  room,  No.  28,  which  contained  two  beds, 
proved  to  be  James  Williams,  John  Dobbin, 
Henry  Overlook,  and  Horatio  Nelson.  These 
four  young  men  were  then  summoned  and 
asked  if  they  could  give  any  reason  why  a 
sheet  from  their  apartment  should  have  been 
found  on  Mr.  Androscoggin's  peach  tree,  and 
if  they  heard  any  commotion  under  their  win- 
dow on  the  evening  of  the  31st. 

James  Williams^  the  largest  of  the  boys,  un- 
dertook to  speak  for  the  rest.  He  could  not 
undertake  to  account  for  the  circumstance  of 
the  sheet  being  found  in  such  an  unsuitable 
place.  He  retired  to  bed  very  early,  and  being 
greatly  fatigued  with  his  exertions  bodily  and 
intellectual  during  the  day,  and  overcome  with 
the  heat  of  the  weather,  he  had  thrown  himself 


THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM.       75 

upon  the  mattress  without  noticing  whether 
there  was  two  sheets  or  none  upon  it.  It  was 
not  at  all  unlikely,  he  thought,  that  the  chamber- 
maid herself  had  placed  it,  in  the  moiTiing,  at 
the  window  to  air,  had  forgotten  it,  and  that  it 
had  blown  out  of  the  window,  and  lodged,  in 
its  fall,  on  the  peach  tree  which  overhung  Mr. 
Androscoggins''s  balcony  and  shaded  his  bed- 
room window. 

James  Dobbin  proved  by  the  evidence  of  the 
nurse  to  the  establishment,  that  being  that  night 
afflicted  with  a  severe  earache,  he  had  passed 
the  night  in  question  under  her  kind  care  in  the 
hospital  of  the  establishment. 

Henry  Oyer/oo/;  denied  altogether  any  knowl- 
edge of  the  reason  of  the  absence  of  the  sheet, 
or  of  the  disturbance  at  Mr.  Androscoggin's 
window. 

Horatio  Nelson^  a  small  pale  boy,  next  ap- 
peared on  the  stand.  He  said,  though  he  came 
there  under  somewhat  suspicious  circumstances, 
and  was  willing  to  admit  that  he  was  not  free 
from  blame,  yet  he  was  heartily  sorry  for  the 
part  he  had  taken  in  the  transaction,  and  he 
thought  he  should  be  able  to  make  it  appear  to 
the  court  that  he  was  not  guilty  of  an  intention 
to  commit  the  serious  crime  with  which  Mr. 


76       THE  JUVENILE  COURT  EOOM. 

Androscoggin  had  charged  the  persons  who 
entered  his  room  so  unceremoniously  on  the 
morning  of  the  thirty-first.  As  he  was  not 
much  used  to  speaking  in  public,  he  had  pro- 
cured the  assistance  of  his  friend,  Master  Hen- 
derson, as  counsel,  who  would  state  the  facts  of 
the  case,  as  far  as  he  was  concerned  in  them, 
and  he  would  then  throw  himself  on  the  mercy 
of  the  court. 

Master  Henderson  then  said,  that  he  did  not 
rise  with  the  hope  of  proving  his  client  to  be  an 
innocent  man  or  boy.  From  his  own  confes- 
sion, which  he  begged  leave  to  inform  the  court 
was  voluntarily  made,  he  had  been  to  blame. 
But  he  hoped  to  convince  them,  that  the  offence 
was  a  boyish  frolic  and  not  a  premeditated  crime 
of  the  heinous  nature  of  burglary  in  a  dwelling- 
house  in  the  night-time. 

As  Mr.  Androscoggin  had  remarked,  the 
peach-tree,  near  his  window,  was  filled,  at  this 
time,  with  very  fine  fruit.  A  number  of  the 
young  men,  having  assembled  in  the  room  of 
his  client  on  the  afternoon  of  the  thirty-first, 
which  was  a  holiday,  they  had  seen  the  peach- 
es, and  the  love  of  fine  fruit,  so  natural  to  boys, 
had  so  far  prevailed  over  their  moral  sense  of 
what  was  right,  that  they  had  devised  various 


THE  GOOD  AUNT.     See  page  137. 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM.  77 

schemes  by  which  they  might  procure  some  of 
those  dehcious  peaches. 

The  top  of  the  tree  was  about  six  feet  below 
the  window  of  the  room,  and  after  various  plans 
had  been  talked  of,  it  was  suggested  that  one 
of  the  boys  might  be  tied  in  a  sheet  and  let 
down  by  a  strong  rope  from  the  window,  into 
the  peach-tree,  that  he  should  gather  some 
peaches,  and  that  he  then  could  be  drawn  back 
again  with  the  fruit  and  no  one  would  know  any- 
thing about  it. 

This  was  a  very  good  plan,  but  the  question 
next  arose,  who  should  be  the  fortunate  indivi- 
dual to  be  tied  up  in  the  sheet,  and  launched 
out  upon  this  somewhat  perilous  expedition. 
All  the  boys  were  afraid,  until  my  client,  who, 
though  small  in  stature,  is  a  most  courageous 
fellow,  and  who  had  before  taken  no  part  in  the 
consultation,  came  forward  and  said,  he  did  not 
care  for  the  peaches,  but  that  he  was  not  afraid 
to  be  let  down. 

The  offer  of  his  services  was  immediately 
accepted  ;  a  sheet  was  taken  from  one  of  the 
beds,  he  was  tied  up  in  it,  a  strong  rope  was 
attached  to  it,  he  was  swung  out  of  the  window, 
and  reached  the  balcony  beneath  the  peach-tree 
6 


78       THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

in  safety ;  there  he  emerged  from  his  sack  and 
began  to  pick  some  of  the  peaches. 

The  success  of  the  attempt  emboldened  some 
of  the  other  boys,  and  a  young  man,  who  I 
suppose  I  am  not  bound  to  name,  of  a  much 
larger  size  than  my  client,  was  so  tempted  with 
the  peaches,  that  he  wished  the  sheet  to  be 
drawn  up,  that  he  might  go  down  and  pick  for 
himself 

It  was  accordingly  drawn  up,  but  either  from 
the  greater  weight  or  more  careless  tying,  just 
before  he  reached  the  balcony,  the  sheet  un- 
tied, the  boy  fell,  and  was  precipitated  with  such 
force  against  the  window,  that  he  broke  in  the 
glass,  sashes  and  all,  and  came  tumbling  down 
exactly  in  the  manner  described  by  the  com- 
plainant. 

This  accident,  and  the  noise  of  breaking  in 
the  window  had  alarmed  the  boys  above  so  that 
they  had  put  out  the  lights  and  run  away,  and 
the  lads  soon  perceived  that  there  was  no  hope 
of  getting  back  in  the  way  they  came.  As 
thev  had  heard  that  Mr.  Androscoggin  was  a 
somewhat  timid  man,  they  thought  by  a  little 
blustering  they  could  alarm  him  so  he  would 
not  cry  out.  Their  plan  succeeded  ;  that  gen- 
tleman, after  the  first  outcry,  which  they  soon 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    EOOM.  7  9 

checked,  remained  perfectly  still  until  they 
could  go  down  the  stairs  and  leave  the  house. 
They  entered  at  the  front  door  of  Dr.  Johnson's 
house,  which,  fortunately  for  them,  was  not 
locked,  the  Doctor  having  some  friends  passing 
the  evening  with  him,  and  they  succeeded  in 
reachino;  their  room  without  beino;  discovered. 

His  client  was  truly  sorry  for  the  part  he  had 
taken  in  the  transaction.  He  did  not,  in  the 
first  place,  care  for  the  peaches,  but  he  was 
urged  by  a  foolish  vanity  to  do  a  thing  which 
all  the  other  boys  were  afraid  to  do.  He  was 
willing  to  submit  to  any  penalty  the  court  might 
see  fit  to  inflict,  and  he  should  be  happy  to 
make  any  reparation  in  his  power  to  the  com- 
plainant for  the  alarm  he  had  inflicted  on  him 
and  the  injury  his  peach-tree  and  bow-window 
had  suffered.  This  was  a  plain  statement  of 
the  case,  and  his  client  threw  himself  on  the 
mercy  of  the  court. 

The  judge  rose  and  said,  that  he  was  happy 
to  have  this  matter,  which  had  at  first  seemed 
so  dark,  explained,  and  that  though  the  attempt 
to  rob  the  peach-tree  was  by  no  means  to  be 
justified,  yet  it  was  a  less  heinous  crime  than 
that  of  breakino;  into  a  dwelling-house  in  the 
night-time.      In  consequence    of  the    general 


80       THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

good  character,  and  high  standing  of  Master 
Nelson,  the  motives  he  had  given  for  this  ac- 
tion, and  the  penitence  he  expressed  for  it,  he 
thought  he  might  venture  to  say,  even  before 
consulting  his  brother  judges,  that  the  penalty- 
would  be  light.  But  another  young  man  had 
been  mentioned,  though  not  by  name,  and  he 
now  called  on  him,  whoever  he  might  be,  to 
come  forward  and  confess  his  guilt,  as  he 
might  be  assured,  that  measures  were  in  a 
train,  which  would  certainly  bring  it  to  light, 
and  that  his  punishment  would  be  much  more 
gentle,  and  his  character  much  more  respected, 
if  he  acted  in  this  manner,  than  if  he  attempted 
any  further  concealment. 

James  Williams  now  arose,  and  in  a  very 
humble  tone  confessed  that  he  was  the  boy, 
who  was  let  down  after  Master  Nelson,  and 
who  actually  had  done  all  the  mischief.  If  he 
had  possessed  the  moral  courage  of  that  young 
man,  he  should  have  at  once  confessed  his 
fault,  but  he  felt  afraid  of  the  consequences, 
and  hoped  to  be  able  to  prevent  the  thing  being 
found  out.  He  had  added  to  his  fault  greatly 
by  telling  a  falsehood  when  he  was  before  on 
the  stand ;  but  he  had  been  so  touched  at  the 
manner  in  which  the  counsel  of  Master  Nelson 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM.  81 

had  told  the  story,  without  attempting  to  throw 
the  blame  on  any  one  else,  that  he  resolved, 
the  moment  he  had  opportunity,  to  confess  the 
part  he  had  taken  in  the  afTair,  and  humbly  to 
ask  the  pardon  of  the  Honorable  Court,  Dr. 
Johnson,  Mr.  Androscoggin,  and  all  the  respect- 
ed assembly  who  had  been  called  together  to 
investigate  the  affair. 

Mr.  Androscoggin  again  addressed  the  as- 
sembly. He  had  been  much  pleased  with  the 
proceedings  of  the  morning.  The  handsome 
behavior  of  Mr.  Nelson  had  given  him  great 
pleasure,  and  he  was  also  touched  by  the  peni- 
tence of  Master  Williams.  He  begged  that  all 
further  proceedings  against  these  two  young 
men  might  be  stopped  —  no  farther  inquiry 
made  into  the  affair,  and  no  punishment  inflict- 
ed upon  him.  He  thought  they  had  already 
suffered  so  much,  particularly  Master  Williams, 
from  his  fall  and  the  other  inconveniences 
which  had  attended  this  affair,  that  they  would 
be  warned  never  to  engage  in  such  an  unlawful 
business  again.  And  he  begged  Dr.  Johnson 
would  allow  him  to  present  the  5^oung  gentle- 
men with  a  bushel  of  his  finest  peaches,  to  be 
eaten  by  them  after  supper,  and  he  hoped  the 
affair  would  henceforth  be  entirely  forgotten. 


82       THE  JUVENILE  COURT  ROOM. 

The  judges,  after  a  few  moments  consulta- 
tion, gave  their  sentence,  that  Master  Nelson 
should  be  discharged  without  delay,  free  from 
all  penalty  ;  and  that  Master  Williams  should 
be  fined  half  of  his  pocket-money  for  the  next 
four  weeks,  the  sum  so  taken  to  be  applied  to 
paying  the  glazier  for  repairing  the  bow  win- 
dow. 

3Ir,  Androscoggin  begged  that  this  penalty 
might  not  be  imposed  on  the  young  man ;  but 
Master  Williams  declared  that  he  should  not 
feel  easy  without  he  were  allowed  to  make  this 
restitution.  He  also  thanked  Mr.  Androscog- 
gin in  a  very  feeling  manner  for  the  tender- 
ness he  had  exhibited  towards  him. 

The  court  then  adjourned.  Dr.  Johnson  in- 
vited the  young  ladies  to  pass  the  evening,  on 
that  occasion,  with  the  young  gentlemen,  and 
he  also  begged  Mrs.  Merideth  and  Mr.  Andros- 
coggin to  honor  him  with  their  company  at  the 
same  time. 

These  invitations  were  accepted,  and  the 
whole  party  met  in  the  large  hall,  —  not  with 
the  formality  of  a  court,  but  full  of  good  humor 
and  cheerfulness.  Mr.  Androscoggin  sent  in  a 
large  supply  of  his  best  peaches,  and  felt  him- 
self amply  repaid  for  all  the  inconvenience  he 


THE    JUVENILE    COURT    ROOM.  83 

had  suffered,  by  the  smiling  faces  and  happy 
looks  which  met  him  everywhere.  No  one 
ever  thought  of  such  a  thing  as  stealing  a  peach 
from  the  kind  old  gentleman  again. 

Note. —  It  is  related  in  Southey's  Life  of  Lord 
Nelson,  that  he  was  once  at  a  boarding-school,  where 
a  plan  like  the  one  described  in  the  trial  above  was 
made.  Nelson  was  let  down  in  the  sheet,  picked  the 
peaches,  carried  them  back,  and  distributed  them 
among  his  companions.  He  said  he  cared  nothing 
for  the  fruit,  but  all  the  rest  of  the  boys  were  afraid 
of  falling,  and  he  wished  to  show  them  that  he  was 
not.  He  need  not  have  felt  ashamed  to  confess  that 
lie  was  afraid  to  do  anything  so  wicked  as  to  steal. 


CHARADE. 


Whktm  the  broad  river  onward  poi.irs, 
And  over  everything  wonhl  burst, 

What  is  it  can  restrain  its  force  ? 

When  you  reply,  you  name  my  first. 

And  when  yon  this  or  that  woukl  learn, 
And  wiser  friends  perchance  ate  near, 

My  SECOND  with  your  eye  or  lip 
You  often  do  witliout  a  fear. 

A  humble  worm,  man,  with  his  skill, 
My  brilliant  whole  to  form  unite. 

Which  church  and  palace  oft  adorns. 
And  lends  its  charms  to  beauty  bright. 


THE  TRAVELLED  MOUSE. 


A  PAKTY  of  Mice 

Once  assembled,  to  hear 
What  one,  who  had  travelled 

For  more  than  a  year, 

Could  tell,  of  the  wonders 
Abroad  he  had  seen, 

And  the  marvellous  places 
In  which  he  had  been. 

He  told  of  dark  crannies, 
Where  visits  he'd  made  ; 

Of  cellars  and  shelves, 

And  the  food  there  arrayed. 

But,  wonder  of  wonders  ! 

He  vowed  he  had  seen 
In  more  than  one  country, 

Where  roving  he'd  been, 


THE    TRAVELLED    MOUSE. 

A  wonderful  creature  — 
Like  a  mouse  it  appears, 

Just  such  hair,  voice,  and  whiskers, 
Such  eyes,  and  such  ears. 

But  he  begged  they'd  believe  him, 

He  told  them  no  lie, 
These  mice  wore  broad  cloaks, 

And  like  birds  they  could  fly  ! 

The  young  Mice  gazed  in  wonder, 
But  the  old  cry,  "  What's  that  ? 

This  very  strange  thing 
Is  nought  else  but  a  bat. 


If  you  look  up,  at  evening. 
Toward  chimney  or  tree, 

These  wonderful  creatures 
In  numbers  you  see." 

It  is  not  worth  one's  while 
A  long  journey  to  go, 

To  find  out  what  at  home 
Everybody  may  know. 


P  E  R  D  I  T  A , 

OR    THE    CHINESE    FOUNDLING. 

Mr.  Goldsmith  was  a  gentleman  who  had  been 
for  many  years  engaged  in  the  China  trade  — 
and  being  compelled  to  remain  abroad,  he  at 
last  sent  for  his  wife  to  join  him  in  China ;  as 
she  had  no  children,  she  readily  consented  to 
make  the  voyage,  and  after  a  pleasant,  though 
rather  tedious  passage,  she  safely  reached  Ma- 
cao, the  Chinese  town  where  foreigners  were 
then  allowed  to  trade,  and  was  warmly  wel- 
comed by  her  husband,  from  whom  she  had 
been  separated  for  many  months. 

She  established  her  resijence  at  Macao, 
about  eighty  miles  from  Canton,  where  her 
husband  was  obliged  to  go  to  carry  on  his  busi- 
ness. The  Chinese  at  that  time  would  not  al- 
low the  wives  of  foreigners  to  live  at  Canton. 
Their  customs  were  then  and  still  continue  very 


88  PERDITA. 

peculiar  to  themselves,  and  they  are  very  un- 
willing to  allow  foreigners  to  have  much  inter- 
course with  them.  Mr.  Goldsmith  was  obliged 
frequently  to  be  separated  from  his  wife  during 
his  visits  to  Canton,  and  during  these  absences 
she  sometimes  diverted  herself  by  exploring  the 
neighborhood  of  her  residence. 

She  went  out  one  day,  attended  by  her  ser- 
vant, and  wandered  to  some  distance  from  the 
city  of  Macao,  and  came  to  a  spot  where  a 
large  cross  upon  a  stone  pediment  has  been 
erected.  It  was  surrounded  by  a  tall  close 
bamboo  hedge,  while  above  it  on  the  opposite 
shore  rose  the  ornamented  roofs  of  the  Chinese 
pagoda,  from  which  ascended  the  smoke  of  the 
sacrifices. 

While  Mrs.  Goldsmith  was  looking  around, 
admiring  the  singular  appearance  of  the  spot, 
and  meditating  upon  the  still  more  singular 
people  who  resided  there,  she  was  startled  by 
the  cry  of  a  young  child,  and  on  looking  round 
she  discovered,  partly  concealed  in  the  hedge 
which  surrounded  the  cross,  a  Chinese  basket, 
which,  on  examination,  she  found  contained  a 
female  infant.  She  knew  that  the  Chinese 
sometimes  destroy  or  expose  their  female  child- 
ren to  avoid  the  trouble  and  expense  of  bring- 


^o/' 


PERDITA.  91 

ing  them  up,  and  she  immediately  supposed 
this  was  one  of  those  little  unfortunates. 

She  fancied  as  she  opened  the  basket,  the 
little  creature  smiled  upon  her,  it  certainly 
ceased  its  wailing.  She  could  not  bear  to  leave 
it  there  to  perish  ;  perhaps  she  thought  of  the 
comfort  and  pleasure  it  might  afford  her.  She 
asked  her  servant  if  it  were  possible  that  any 
one  had  placed  it  there  who  would  return  for 
it.  He  thought  not,  but  had  no  doubt  that  the 
parents  had  sent  it  there,  hoping  some  kind- 
hearted  Christian  who  visited  the  cross  might 
take  pity  on  the  poor  baby. 

While  Mrs.  Goldsmith  was  hesitating  whether 
she  should  take  possession  of  the  child,  she 
saw,  slowly  creeping  round  from  the  other  side 
of  the  cross,  a  Chinese  woman  of  the  lower 
class,  who  seemed  attempting  to  conceal  her- 
self behind  the  shrubbery  of  the  hedge.  She 
directed  her  servant,  who  understood  the  lan- 
guage of  the  Chinese,  to  speak  to  her  and  ask 
her  if  she  knew  anything  of  the  baby. 

At  first  she  hesitated,  but  on  being  addressed 
with  kind  words,  and  desired  to  tell  all  she 
knew,  she  confessed  that  the  poor  little  child 
belonged  to  her  sister.  She  said  her  sister's 
husband  was  a  cruel,  cross  fellow,  that  he  had 
7 


92  PERDITA. 

a  large  family  of  children,  and  that  on  the 
birth  of  this  poor  little  girl,  he  had  vowed  he 
would  not  provide  for  it,  but  that  it  should  be 
exposed  on  the  river,  as  many  female  children 
were  every  year. 

His  wife  and  her  sister  had  begged  and 
prayed  him  to  allow  them  to  keep  the  child  ; 
he  was  inexorable,  and  threatened  to  carry  it  to 
the  river  the  very  day  after  it  was  born.  All 
that  the  poor  woman  could  do  was  to  persuade 
him  to  let  the  sister  carry  it  away.  She  had 
heard  of  Mrs.  Goldsmith,  and  knew  she  was 
kind  and  good  to  the  people  who  were  about 
her,  and  as  she  frequently  saw  her  walking  to 
the  great  cross  behind  Macao,  she  thought  she 
went  there  to  worship  God,  and  the  idea  oc- 
curred to  her,  that,  perhaps,  if  she  saw  the 
dear  little  child  there,  she  might  take  pity  upon 
it,  and  provide  for  it.  The  sister  had  remained 
near  to  see  the  success  of  her  experiment. 

Mrs.  Goldsmith  now  hesitated  no  longer. 
She  told  the  woman  she  would  provide  for  the 
child.  The  woman  wept  with  gratitude,  but  as 
she  still  lingered,  the  lady  asked  her  if  she  had 
any  farther  request  to  make.  She  asked  if  she 
might  sometimes  come  to  see  the  little  crea- 
ture, to  which  request  Mrs,  Goldsmith  willingly 


PERDITA.  93 

gave  her  consent.  When  she  grows  up,  added 
the  woman,  "  you  will  tell  her  the  story  of  this 
day  ;  she  will  only  love  you  the  more  for  it, 
and  she  will,  perhaps,  feel  pity  for  her  poor 
mother  and  aunt,  who  were  compelled  to  give 
up  their  darling." 

Mrs.  Goldsmith  consented  to  the  poor  wo- 
man's requests,  and  telling  her  where  she  lived, 
the  woman  went  away,  with  many  thanks,  and 
the  servant  carried  the  child  to  Mrs.  Gold- 
smith's house. 

The  husband  of  the  good  lady  was  somewhat 
surprized,  when  he  returned  from  Canton,  to 
find  this  addition  to  his  family,  but  he  willingly 
consented  to  what  his  wife  thought  would  add 
to  her  happiness.  They  hesitated  for  a  name 
to  bestow  on  the  little  bright-eyed  creature. 
Mr.  Goldsmith  said,  that  if  it  had  been  a  boy, 
they  might  perhaps  have  felt  bound  to  call  it 
Moses,  after  the  prophet  of  the  Jews,  who  we 
read,  in  the  Book  of  Genesis,  was  found  under 
somewhat  similar  circumstances.  But  as  this 
could  not  be  done,  they  concluded  to  call  her 
Perdita. 

The  infant,  thanks  to  Mrs.  Goldsmith's  good 
judgment  and  kind  treatment,  flourished  finely, 
and  became   really  one   of  the   prettiest  little 


u 


PEHDITA. 


things  in  the  world.  Her  complexion  was 
rather  yellowish,  but  her  little  bright  black  eyes 
and  long  soft  black  hair,  and  the  sweet  expres- 
sion of  her  face  made  her  altogether  charming. 
She  was  also  of  a  very  sweet,  docile  temper, 
and  the  child,  which  at  first  was  adopted  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goldsmith  from  motives  of  com- 
passion, became  to  them,  soon,  as  dear  almost 
as  if  it  were  their  own.  Its  education  formed 
a  very  pleasant  occupation  for  the  lady,  and 
served  to  occupy  many  hours  which  would, 
perhaps,  have  proved  tedious  to  her  while  her 
husband  was  absent  from  home  and  engaged  in 
his  business.  The  mother  and  aunt  occasionally 
came  to  see  the  child,  and  expressed,  as  well 
as  they  were  able,  to  Mrs.  Goldsmith,  the  grati- 
tude they  felt  for  the  kindness  she  bestowed 
upon  it. 

At  last  Mr.  Goldsmith  had  brought  his  affairs 
to  a  close,  and  concluded  to  return  to  his  native 
land.  Mrs.  Goldsmith  sent  for  the  mother  of 
the  child,  and  told  her  that  she  was  about  to 
leave  the  country,  never  to  return,  and  that  she 
would  gladly  take  the  child  with  her.  The 
mother  gave  her  consent,  knowing  that  she 
could  do  nothing  herself  to  provide  for  the 
wants  of  the  little  creature. 


PERDITA.  95 

Perdita  was  too  young  when  she  left  China 
to  have  any  knowledge  of  her  mother.  The 
voyage  home  was  a  prosperous  one.  On  reach- 
ing America,  Mr.  Goldsmith,  who  had  made  a 
large  fortune  during  his  residence  abroad,  re- 
solved to  retire  from  business,  and  purchased  a 
very  beautiful  farm  in  the  western  part  of  New 
England. 

Here  he  soon  established  himself  with  his 
family.  The  situation  was  delightful,  and  one 
of  the  greatest  sources  of  pleasure  both  to  Mr. 
Goldsmith  and  his  wife,  was  the  little  China 
girl,  who  grew  very  fast,  became  very  intelli- 
gent, and  added  greatly  to  the  comfort  of  their 
life. 

Not  far  from  the  house  of  Mr.  Goldsmith 
was  a  forest,  which,  though  cleared  of  the  un- 
derwood and  made  pleasant  for  walking  in  the 
part  near  the  house,  extended  back  for  several 
miles  into  an  uncultivated  part  of  the  country, 
and  was  inhabited  by  deer  and  other  untamed 
animals.  These  would  sometimes  stray  down 
to  the  borders  of  the  wood,  and  Perdita,  in  her 
wanderings  there,  often  caught  sight  of  a  deer, 
with  his  long,  slim  legs  and  his  high,  branching 
horns. 

One  day,  when  she  was  walking  near  the 


96  PERDITA. 

edge  of  the  cleared  wood,  she  discovered  a 
little  young  roe,  which  had  probably  followed 
the  older  ones,  but  from  fatigue  or  some  other 
cause  had  got  left  behind.  The  poor  little 
thing  had  fallen  down,  and  lay  there  alone, 
panting  with  fatigue  and  terror.  The  little 
girl  took  him  up,  and  though  he  struggled  with 
fear,  yet  he  was  young  and  feeble,  and  she 
succeeded  in  carrying  him  home. 

She  ran  to  Mrs.  Goldsmith  with  her  prize. 
"Here,  dear  mother,"  said  she,  "here  is  a 
poor  little  deer  I  have  found  in  the  grove,  just 
as  you  found  me  when  I  was  a  little  helpless 
baby.  May  I  not  take  care  of  it,  just  as  you 
took  care  of  me  .^  " 

The  appeal  was  irresistible.  Mrs.  Gold- 
smith gave  her  consent,  and  went  with  the  little 
girl  to  the  pantry  and  gave  her  some  milk,  with 
which,  after  a  while,  they  succeeded  in  feeding 
the  little  animal.  The  gardener  then  fixed  a 
box,  which  he  lined  with  fresh  grass,  and  in 
which  they  placed  the  little  tired  animal,  and  it 
was  soon  in  a  sound  sleep. 

Perdita  attended  so  carefully  upon  her  little 
charge,  that  it  soon  became  very  much  attach- 
ed to  her,  accompanied  her  in  all  her  walks, 
sat  by  her  when  she  was  reading  or  working, 


PERDITA.  97 

and  afforded  her  a  great  deal  of  amusement. 
An  amateur  painter  was  one  day  visiting  Mrs, 
Goldsmith,  and  was  so  pleased  with  the  group 
that  he  sketched  a  picture  of  the  little  girl  sit- 
ting in  a  rude  garden-house,  with  the  tame  roe 
beside  her  leaning  his  head  on  her  lap. 

To  those  of  our  readers  who  have  taken  an 
interest  in  the  little  Chinese  girl,  we  will  just 
remark,  that  she  continued  to  improve  in  mind 
and  body,  that  she  became  a  highly-educated 
woman,  and  a  most  amiable  and  attractive  one  ; 
that  she  was  of  great  comfort  and  assistance  to 
Mrs.  Goldsmith  and  her  husband,  and  that  lady 
always  felt  that  she  had  cause  to  remember 
with  joy  and  gratitude  the  day  she  went  to 
walk  at  the  foot  of  the  great  Cross,  behind  the 
town  of  Macao. 


CltAEADlB. 


My  first  is  unbroken, 

Be  it  good  or  bad, 
Of  the  truth  is  seldom  spokeilj 

Of  our  wishes  rarely  had. 

My  SECOND  is  a  part 

Of  evil  or  of  good, 
Of  pleasure  or  of  pain, 

Of  clothing  or  of  food. 

When  you  look  for  your  dinner, 
Choose  food  that  is  my  wholEj 

Some  preachers  say  that  trouble 
Is  my  whole  to  your  souL 


ICE  PALACE. 


The  annals  of  the  reign  of  Catharine  II.  make 
mention  of  one  ephemeral  palace,  which,  like 
that  of  Pandsemonium, 

"  Out  of  tae  earth,  a  fabric  huge 
Rose  like  an  exhalation  ;" 

and  like  an  exhalation  vanished,  not  leaving  a 
wreck  behind.  From  a  true  and  particular  ac- 
count of  this  ice  palace,  drawn  up  by  Kraft,  an 
imperial  academician,  and  published  at  St.  Pe- 
tersburgh  the  year  after  its  erection,  it  appears 
that  seven  years  before,  an  ice  castle  had  been 
built  on  the  river  Neva  ;  but  the  ice  bent  under 
the  weight  of  the  edifice  and  of  the  soldiers 
who  garrisoned  it.  To  avoid  a  similar  defect 
in  the  foundation,  it  was  resolved,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  marriage  of  Prince  Galitzin,  in  1740, 
to  erect  a  palace  of  ice  on  terra  firma  ;  and 


100  iCE    PALACE. 

a  site  was  chosen  between  the  imperial  winter 
palace  and  the  admimlty,  one  of  the  lords  of 
the  bedchamber  being  appointed  to  superintend 
the  works.  The  palace  was  constructed  of 
blocks  of  ice,  from  two  to  three  feet  thick,  cut 
out  of  the  winter  covering  of  the  Neva  ;  these 
being  properly  adjusted,  water  was  poured  be- 
tween them,  which  acted  as  cement,  consoli- 
dating the  whole  into  one  immense  mass  of  ice. 
The  length  of  the  edifice  was  fifty-six  feet,  its 
breadth  seventeen  feet  and  a  half,  and  its 
height  twenty-one.  It  was  constructed  ac- 
cording to  the  strictest  rules  oi  art ;  and  was 
adorned  with  a  portico,  columns,  and  statues. 
It  consisted  of  a  single  story,  the  front  of  which 
was  provided  with  a  door  and  fourteen  win- 
dows ;  the  frames  of  the  latter,  as  well  as  the 
panes,  being  all  formed  of  ice.  The  sides  of 
the  doors  and  of  the  windows  were  painted  in 
imitation  of  green  marble.  On  each  side  of 
the  door  was  a  dolphin,  from  the  mouths  of 
which,  by  means  of  naphtha,  volumes  of  flame 
were  emitted  in  the  evening.  Next  to  them 
were  two  mortars,  equal  to  eighty  pounders, 
from  which  many  bombs  were  thrown,  a  quar- 
ter of  a  pound  of  powder  being  used  for  each 
charge.     On  each  side  of  the  mortars  stood 


ICE    PALACE.  101 

three  cannons,  equal  to  three  pounders,  mount- 
ed upon  carriages,  and  with  wheels,  which 
were  often  used.  In  the  presence  of  a  number 
of  persons  attached  to  the  court,  a  bullet  was 
driven  through  a  board  two  inches  thick,  at  the 
distance  of  sixty  paces,  by  one  of  these  cannons, 
a  quarter  of  a  pound  of  powder  being  also  used 
for  a  charge.  The  interior  of  the  edifice  had 
no  ceiling,  and  consisted  of  a  lobby  and  two 
large  apartments,  one  on  each  side,  which  were 
well  furnished,  and  painted  in  the  most  elegant 
manner,  though  formed  merely  of  ice.  Tables, 
chairs,  statues,  looking-glasses,  candlesticks, 
watches,  and  other  ornaments,  besides  tea- 
dishes,  tumblers,  wine-glasses,  and  even  plates 
with  provisions  in  one  apartment,  also  formed 
of  ice,  and  painted  in  their  natural  colors ; 
while  in  the  other  were  to  be  seen  a  state  bed, 
with  curtains,  bed,  pillows,  and  bed  clothes, 
two  pair  of  slippers,  and  two  nightcaps  of  the 
same  cold  material.  Behind  the  cannon,  the 
mortars,  and  the  dolphins,  stretched  a  low  bal- 
ustrade. On  each  side  of  the  building  was  a 
small  entrance.  Here  were  pots  with  flowers 
and  orange  trees,  partly  formed  of  ice,  and 
partly  natural,  on  which  birds  sat.  Beyond 
these  were  erected  two  icy  pyramids.     On  the 


102  ICE    PALACE. 

right  of  one  of  them  stood  an  elephant,  which 
was  hollow,  and  so  contrived  as  to  throw  out 
burning  naphtha  ;  while  a  person  within  it,  by 
means  of  a  tube,  imitated  the  natural  cries  of 
the  animal.  On  the  left  to  the  other  pyramid 
was  seen  the  never-failing  concomitant  of  all 
princely  dwellings  in  Russia,  a  banya,  or  bath, 
apparently  formed  of  balks,  which  is  said  to 
have  been  sometimes  heated,  and  even  to  have 
been  appropriated  to  use. 

The  appearance  of  the  ice  palace,  it  is  said, 
was  remarkably  splendid  when  lighted  up  in 
the  evening  with  numerous  candles.  Amusing 
transparencies  were  usually  suspended  in  the 
windows  to  increase  the  effect ;  and  the  emis- 
sion of  flames  by  the  dolphins  and  the  elephant, 
all  tended  to  excite  greater  surprise,  while  the 
people  beheld  the  crystalline  mass.  Crowds  of 
visiters  were  continually  seen  around  this  fan- 
tastic and  unique  construction,  which  remained 
entire  from  the  beginning  of  January  almost  to 
the  middle  of  March.  The  glassy  fabric  then 
began  to  melt,  and  was  soon  afterwards  broken 
into  pieces,  and  the  ruins  were  conveyed  to  the 
imperial  ice-cellar. 

On  the  wisdom  displayed  in  the  construction 
of  this  costly  emblem  of  worldly  glory,  the 
yeader  may  make  his  own  comment. 


THE  TWO  SQUIRRELS, 

OR,    DIVISION    OF    LABOR. 

In  front  of  an  old-fashioned  house  in  the  coun- 
try, stood  an  English  walnut  tree.  The  house 
had  been  inhabited  before  the  American  Revo- 
lution by  an  officer  of  the  king,  and  he  had 
planted  this  and  some  other  trees  of  the  kind, 
which  are  not  native  in  America,  in  his  grounds, 
to  remind  him,  probably,  of  his  own  old  home 
over  the  other  side  of  the  water. 

But  the  days  of  the  Revolution  came  on. 
The  American  colonists  had  grown  numerous, 
and  they  thought  they  were  able  to  manage 
their  own  affairs.  The  English  government 
did  not  think  so,  and  they  were  constantly  mak- 
ing laws  which  were  considered  by  the  colo- 
nists as  very  oppressive ;  and  after  a  long 
struggle,  and  much  fighting  and  suffering,  the 
colonies  separated  from  the  parent  state,  and 
became  an  independent  nation. 


106  THE    TWO    SQUIRRELS. 

In  the  beginning  of  these  difficulties,  the 
owner  of  this  house,  of  which  I  have  been 
speaking,  who  was  a  commissioner  of  the  king, 
left  his  pleasant  house,  the  wahiut  trees  which 
he  had  planted,  and  his  nice  garden,  and  went 
back  to  England.  He  thought  king  George 
was  the  right  owner  of  these  colonies,  and  he 
did  not  care  to  stay  in  the  midst  of  so  much 
fighting  and  confusion.  What  became  of  him 
was  never  known  to  those  who  remained  be- 
hind ;  the  present  story  relates  to  his  walnut 
trees,  and  what  befell  them. 

Many  years  after  the  war  was  over,  and 
when  the  house  had  become  somewhat  old  and 
out  of  repair,  a  family  went  to  reside  there 
from  the  town.  The  trees  had  all  grown  up 
large,  and  the  house  was  beautifully  shaded, 
and  the  walnut  trees  especially  were  in  a  fine 
thriving  state,  and  yielded  their  fruit  abun- 
dantly. 

Not  only  did  the  boys  and  girls  enjoy  these 
nuts,  but  the  squirrels  revelled  very  joyfully 
upon  them.  The  English  walnut  is  larger  than 
our  native  walnut,  and  the  shell  is  thinner,  so 
that  it  was  perhaps  easier  for  the  squirrels  to 
crack  and  eat  these  nuts  than  those  of  the  other 
variety.     For  this  or  some  other  reason,  it  was 


THE    TWO    SQUIRRELS.  107 

perceived  that  the  little  Dimble  fellows  inhab- 
ited the  trees  in  great  numbers,  and  they  were 
almost  always  to  be  seen  running  up  and  down 
the  trees. 

One  morning,  as  the  lady  of  the  house  sat 
sewing  at  her  window,  she  was  very  often 
moved  to  look  up  by  hearing  the  sound  of 
something  falling.  She  turned  her  eyes  toward 
the  walnut  tree,  and  saw  every  moment  or  two 
a  nut  drop  from  the  tree.  This  fruit  does  not 
usually  fall  until  after  a  frost  has  cracked  the 
outer  green  rind,  and  then  the  nuts  drop  out. 
This  was  too  early  for  that  to  have  taken  place, 
and  she  was  surprised  to  see  the  whole  nuts, 
with  their  green  outer  covering,  fall,  one  after 
another,  to  the  ground. 

Upon  looking  more  attentively,  she  perceiv- 
ed a  squirrel  sitting  on  a  high  branch  of  the 
tree,  and  gnawing  away  with  his  teeth  upon 
the  nuts,  which,  one  after  another,  fell  to  the 
ground,  where  one  of  his  companions  sat  wait- 
ing to  receive  them,  took  them  in  his  mouth, 
carried  them  away,  and  then  reappeared  in 
time  to  take  another. 

The  lady  was  much  amused  at  the  ingenuity 
of  the  little  animals  and  the  plan  they  had  con- 
trived to  save  the  trouble  of  running  up  and 


108  THE    TWO    SQUIRRELS, 

down  for  every  separate  nut.  She  watched 
them  for  some  time.  They  occasionally  chang- 
ed places,  the  one  who  had  been  below  would 
run  up,  and  the  other  would  come  down  and 
wait  at  the  bottom  of  the  tree  It  was  during 
one  of  these  changes  of  position,  that  the  lady 
took  her  pencil  and  sketched  the  picture  which 
accompanies  this  article. 

A  month  or  two  later,  and  just  before  the 
winter  set  in,  as  some  repairs  were  made  to 
the  fence  below  the  walnut  tree,  a  large  pile  of 
dry  leaves  were  disturbed,  and  underneath 
them,  all  covered  up  for  a  winter  store,  there 
appeared  more  than  a  bushel  of  walnuts,  which 
the  squirrels  had  gathered  in  this  way  and  put 
there  for  a  winter  supply. 

What  became  of  the  poor  little  fellows  after 
their  storehouse  was  so  disturbed,  was  never 
known  ;  but  as  they  had  shown  so  much  inge- 
nuity in  collecting  their  provision  for  the  win- 
ter, the  children  of  the  family  always  hoped 
that  they  would  be  able  to  provide  for  them- 
selves some  other  way.  At  any  rate,  the  next 
summer  a  large  number  of  squirrels  appeared 
on  the  trees  ;  whether  these  enterprising  little 
fellows  were  among  them,  was  never  found 
out,  as  squirrels  of  the  same  species  look  sur- 
prisingly like  each  other. 


THE  LAUGHING  PRINCESS,  AND  THE 

PRINCESS   WHO   NEVER   LAUGHED. 

A    FAIRY    TALE. 
ALTERED    FROM   THE   FRENCH   OF    COUNT   HAMILTON. 


The  King  of  Astracan,  one  of  the  most  pow-* 
erful  monarchs  of  Asia,  either  in  regard  to  the 
extent  of  his  dominions,  for  the  mines  of  gold 
and  silver  which  they  contained,  or  for  the 
manufactures  of  painted  cotton  for  which  they 
were  renowned,  thought  himself  the  most  un- 
fortunate of  men,  because  he  had  no  children 
to  inherit  his  wealth  and  dominions.  The 
queen  his  wife  was  beautiful,  young,  and  finely 
formed,  and  loved  her  husband  tenderly.  She 
had  but  one  fault,  and  that  was  being  the  great- 
est laugher  of  her  age.  Everything  made  her 
laugh,  and  nothing  prevented  it. 

The  king,  her  husband,  had  had  several  wars 


110  THE    LAUGHING   PRINCESS,   AND 

with  neighboring  princes  on  this  subject ;  for 
as  soon  as  they  sent  to  announce  any  sad 
news,  such  as  the  death  of  an  only  son,  she 
would  only  respond  to  the  ambassadors,  with 
their  trailing  cloaks,  by  shouts  of  laughter,  at 
which  they  were  so  offended  that  they  imme- 
diately retired  from  the  royal  presence  to  send 
despatches  to  their  masters,  filled  with  com- 
plaints and  indignation,  that  the  rights  of  na- 
tions and  sovereigns  were  violated  in  their 
persons. 

As  this  malady  only  increased,  the  king  re- 
solved, with  the  advice  and  consent  of  his 
counsel,  that  the  queen  should  go  on  a  pilgrim- 
age to  the  famous  oracle  of  the  Cock,  but  that 
she  should  set  out,  as  is  usual  on  such  occa- 
sions, with  a  very  small  suite  of  followers.  And 
because  the  temple  of  this  oracle  is  situated  at 
the  gates  of  Fourchime,  the  capital  of  the  king- 
dom of  Bactriana,  she  went  to  it  disguising 
her  name  and  her  dignity,  in  order  to  avoid  the 
ceremony  and  magnificence  of  a  formal  recep- 
tion. 

The  king,  who  followed,  also  disguised,  wish- 
ed himself  to  explain  the  cause  of  the  journey 
to  the  priestess  of  the  temple.  The  queen 
laughed  till  she  held  her  sides  all  the  time,  and 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED,       111 

this  displeased  the  priestess  very  much.  The 
Cock,  however,  pronounced  the  following  ora- 
cle :  — 

The  favoring  powers 
On  the  pilgrims  have  smiled, 

No  longer  in  vain 
Shall  they  long  for  child. 

But  lucky  is  he, 
And  well  chosen  the  hour, 

Who,  to  make  this  child  laugh, 
Shall  possess  the  strange  power. 

There  was  no  obscurity  about  the  beginning 
of  this  answer,  but  the  concluding  part  troubled 
the  spectators  a  little,  and  gave  rise  to  some 
embarrassment.  Meantime  the  oracle  kept  its 
word,  and  in  due  time  the  king  had  the  plea- 
sure of  having  born  a  son  and  a  daughter,  each 
more  beautiful  than  the  other,  and  both  more 
beautiful  than  all  the  other  children  in  the 
world.  But  it  was  too  much  for  the  poor 
queen,  who  died  of  laughing  on  the  occasion. 

The  king  comforted  himself  with  the  child- 
ren she  left  him,  and  by  the  pleasure  of  being 
able  to  breathe  in  his  palace  without  being 
stunned  by  everlasting  bursts  of  laughter.  But 
his  destiny  did  not  permit  him  long  to  enjoy 
quiet  happiness.  At  the  end  of  six  months,  in 
the  middle  of  the  night,  the  room  in  which  his 


112  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,   AND 

children  were  sleeping  took  fire.  He  ran  to  it 
at  the  first  alarm,  and  though  every  one  follow- 
ed his  example,  and  run  through  the  flames  to 
save  the  children,  the  fire  was  so  sudden  and 
terrible  that  his  daughter  only  was  got  out. 
Most  of  the  officers  of  the  household,  to  show 
their  zeal,  stayed  till  the  last  moment  in  the 
midst  of  the  fire  and  smoke,  and  returned  half 
broiled  without  being  able  to  save  the  little 
prince. 

This  loss  threw  the  whole  kingdom  into  the 
most  extreme  sorrow,  and  the  king  absolutely 
refused  to  be  comforted.  But  time,  which  is 
the  great  consoler,  insensibly  wore  away  his 
grief,  while  it  increased  the  charms  of  the  prin- 
cess his  daughter.  She  was  the  living  image 
of  her  mother,  except  that  she  was  larger,  a 
finer  figure,  more  white,  and  fairer ;  that  her 
eyes  were  a  thousand  times  brighter  ;  and  she 
is  now,  if  we  may  believe  those  who  have  seen 
her,  a  thousand  times  more  beautiful  than  all 
the  beauties  in  the  world.  But,  alas  !  those 
who  say  so  much,  have  seen  all  the  beauties  in 
the  world,  or  they  could  not  form  a  comparison. 

The  king,  more  dazzled  with  her  charms 
than  all  his  people  and  all  his  court  were,  judg- 
ed her  worthy  of  all  the  crowns  in  the  world, 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER   LAUGHED.       113 

and  did  not  think  of  such  a  thing  as  marrying 
again  and  giving  his  own  crown  to  anybody 
but  this  fair  daughter.  But  as  if  his  star  did 
not  permit  him  to  enjoy  perfect  happiness  in 
his  family,  this  wonderful  princess,  whose  looks 
were  armed  with  fire  and  darts,  whose  person 
and  all  whose  motions  were  accompanied  by 
the  most  winning  grace,  had  never  opened  her 
mouth,  either  to  laugh  or  speak  ;  and  it  was 
only  when  she  opened  it  to  gape,  which  to  be 
sure  happened  pretty  often,  that  one  was  able 
to  perceive  her  vermilion  gums  and  the  whitest 
teeth  that  were  ever  seen. 

The  good  king,  who,  during  the  infancy  of 
his  daughter,  was  incessantly  expressing  his 
gratitude  that  she  had  not  the  fault  of  her  mo- 
ther, would  have  given  half  his  kingdom,  when 
she  had  grown  up,  to  see  her  laugh  all  day 
and  all  night  long,  so  tired  had  he  become  of  a 
seriousness  which  appeared  to  him  more  intol- 
erable than  anything  else.  Nothing  was  spared 
to  make  her  break  a  silence  which  distressed 
every  one,  and  to  draw  her  from  a  gravity 
which  seemed  to  distress  herself,  for  it  was 
easy  to  see,  from  her  manner,  that  she  w^as 
amused  at  everything,  although  nothing  could 
make  her  laugh.     All  the  philosophers,  all  the 


114  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

chemists,  all  the  song-singers,  all  the  teachers 
of  languages,  and  the  tutors  of  all  the  parrots 
who  had  ever  been  taught  to  speak,  wasted 
their  time  over  her.  All  the  buffoons  and 
jesters  were  collected,  good  as  well  as  bad, 
from  every  part  of  the  kingdom.  They  even 
brought  the  most  excellent  troop  of  comedians 
from  China,  who  are  the  best  in  the  world  for 
farce,  —  but,  all  they  could  do,  nothing  could 
produce  upon  her  face  the  faintest  smile. 

The  king,  in  the  extremity  of  his  anxiety, 
thought  he  could  do  nothing  better  than  to  send 
to  the  oracle  of  the  Cock,  which  had  formerly 
been  so  favorable  to  him,  and  employ  in  this 
mission  the  highest  officers  of  the  crown,  who 
should  be  furnished  with  the  richest  presents 
for  the  priestess. 

They  were  well  received  by  her,  and  their 
presents  were  exceedingly  acceptable  ;  but  she 
lold  them  that  it  was  some  time  since  the  Cock 
went  away  to  pay  a  visit  to  the  Great  Cara- 
mousel ;  and  that  it  was  only  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Mount  Atlas  that  they  could  get  the 
advice  which  they  had  come  to  seek  at  Four- 
chime. 

Though  the  king  their  master  was  afflicted 
at  this  delay,  he  did  not  lose  courage  ;  and. 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.       115 

only  taking  time  to  make  new  preparations,  he 
despatclied  the  same  ambassadors,  with  three 
hundred  elephants  laden  with  the  most  magni- 
ficent painted  cotton,  and  the  finest  monkeys 
which  were  to  be  found  in  his  kingdom ;  and, 
to  render  the  affair  more  touching  in  the  eyes 
of  the  enchanter  Caramousel,  he  added  to  the 
procession  his  own  band  of  music  —  though 
this  music,  if  we  may  believe  those  who  have 
had  opportunity  to  hear  it,  is  more  fit  to  drive 
one  crazy  than  to  amuse  him,  at  least  until  he 
becomes  accustomed  to  it. 

The  satraps  of  Astracan  set  out  on  their 
journey,  with  their  painted  cloth  and  their 
monkeys,  and  after  having  passed  along  by  the 
side  of  Chersonese  Tauride,  and  crossed  both 
the  Armenias,  they  went  finally  to  a  forest, 
where  they  came  near  losing  a  part  of  the  pre- 
sents of  which  they  had  the  care.  Each  of  the 
three  hundred  elephants  carried  an  immense 
bale  of  the  richest  painted  cotton  which  ever 
was  in  the  world,  and  at  the  top  of  each  of 
these  bales  was  seated  a  monkey.  I  do  not 
know  what  the  king  their  master  expected  the 
wise  Caramousel  would  do  with  three  hundred 
monkeys ;  but,  whatever  it  was,  he  had  charg- 


116  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

ed  the  messengers,  on  no  account  to  suffer  one 
of  them  to  escape. 

The  forest  through  which  they  were  obliged 
to  pass,  was  so  infested  with  wild  beasts  that 
they  were  obliged  to  make  use  of  their  music 
to  force  a  passage  through  it.  But  soon  as  the 
sound  of  this  was  heard,  the  wild  beasts  were 
seen  making  their  escape  in  every  direction, 
and  disappeared  in  a  moment,  quicker  than  if 
all  the  hunters  and  hounds  in  the  world  had 
been  at  their  heels.  Meantime,  this  success 
had  nearly  been  fatal  to  them,  for  they  were 
no  sooner  in  the  midst  of  this  forest,  which  was 
composed  of  apple,  nut,  and  almond  trees,  than 
all  the  monkeys,  with  the  exception  of  one 
alone,  who  from  their  high  situation  on  the  top 
of  their  elephants,  had  only  to  make  a  single 
leap  in  order  to  reach  the  tops  of  the  trees, 
took  advantage  of  their  situation  to  disperse 
themselves. 

The  monkey  who  remained  was  the  most 
beautiful,  the  most  noble  in  his  manners,  and 
the  most  finely  formed  of  all  the  monkeys  ; 
but  he  was  so  sad  that  the  satraps  wept  more 
than  once,  during  the  journey,  at  the  grief  with 
which  he  seemed  to  be  overpowered,  for,  far 


See  page  128. 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.       117 

from  gambolling  about  and  performing  all  those 
buffooneries  which  were  practised  by  his  com- 
panions, he  passed  the  most  of  his  time  in  read- 
ing, and  when  he  was  interrupted  by  any  acci- 
dent, he  was  seen,  sometimes  his  head  support- 
ed on  one  of  his  hands,  buried  in  a  profound 
reverie,  and  sometimes  with  his  arms  crossed, 
raising  his  eyes  to  heaven,  heaving  deep  sighs, 
and  shedding  tears  in  such  great  abundance, 
that  it  was  impossible  for  any  one  who  saw 
him  not  to  keep  him  company. 

He  was  sitting  reading  on  his  elephant  while 
the  others  were  running  about  in  the  wood  and 
making  noise  and  racket  enough  to  drive  one 
crazy.  The  caravan  of  ambassadors  was 
obliged  to  stop  three  days  in  this  forest,  before 
they  could  collect  the  monkeys,  for  they  would 
not  leave  the  trees  to  join  the  company,  until 
they  were  surfeited  with  all  the  different  kinds 
of  fruit ;  and  they  did  not  all  return  at  last,  for 
three  of  them  died  in  consequence  of  the  al- 
monds, and  three  more  of  the  green  apples 
they  had  eaten  ;  and  all  that  the  king's  ambas- 
sadors could  do,  was  to  take  off  their  skins  and 
stuff  them  with  straw,  that  the  number  might 
not  fall  short  when  they  had  the  honor  to  pre- 
sent them  to  the  celebrated  Caramousel. 


118  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

As  soon  as  they  reached  the  foot  of  the 
mountain,  they  sent  to  give  the  enchanter  no- 
tice of  their  arrival  by  a  courier,  and  ordered 
him  to  inquire  if  it  was  his  pleasure  that  they 
should  set  out,  with  all  their  equipage,  to  visit 
his  dwelling,  or  if  he  preferred  that  they  should 
encamp  their  caravan  in  the  neighborhood  and 
await  till  he  should  direct  the  manner  in  which 
he  wished  the  presents  to  be  brought  to  him. 

The  courier  returned  at  the  end  of  three 
days,  and  reported  that  Caramousel  was  no 
longer  at  the  place  that  he  usually  inhabited  ; 
that  he  had  retired  to  the  summit  of  Mount  At- 
las, and  that  nothing  but  the  monkeys  could 
climb  up  there.  That  he  thought  it  proper  to 
give  them  this  notice,  and  they  might  then  do 
as  they  pleased. 

They  decided,  on  hearing  this  intelligence, 
to  leave  their  presents  and  their  suite  under  a 
safeguard  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain,  and  to 
reach,  as  well  as  they  were  able,  the  spot  to 
which  he  had  retired. 

They  went  for  fifteen  days,  always  going 
up,  up  by  the  most  tiresome  road  there  ever 
was,  without  finding  any^ing  but  rocks  and 
precipices.  They  grew  almost  out  of  patience 
with  the  king,  the  princess,  and    everything 


THE   PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.       119 

which  had  sent  them  there.  At  last,  the  things 
they  saw,  and  even  the  road  began  to  grow 
less  terrible,  though  they  still  kept  mounting 
up,  up,  up.  They  found  some  little  valleys 
watered  by  pleasant  streams,  the  borders  of 
which  were  adorned  with  wild  flowers  ;  they 
saw  birds  of  an  entirely  new  kind,  and,  as 
they  ascended,  little  tents,  placed  here  and 
there.  They  had  only  to  mount  six  hundred 
stadia  higher,  when  they  saw  only  the  heaven 
above  them,  and  came  into  the  presence  of  the 
famous  Caramousel. 

He  came  out  of  a  tent  larger  than  any  they 
had  seen  as  they  came  up,  which  was  shaded 
on  one  side  by  a  great  number  of  orange  trees, 
and  surrounded  on  the  other  by  several  ma- 
chines supporting  astrolabes,  telescopes,  and  all 
the  instruments  which  are  used  in  observing 
the  course  of  the  stars. 

On  leaving  the  tent,  he  was  accompanied 
by  a  man  who  wore  his  arm  in  a  scarf ;  he  ad- 
vanced towards  them,  and  inquired  civilly 
what  the  satraps  of  the  great  king  of  Astracan 
would  have  of  Caramousel.  At  these  words 
they  prostrated  themselves  before  him,  as  they 
would  have  done  before  some  divinity  ;  for  his 
presence  inspired  them  with  more  respect  than 


120  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

even  his  fame  and  the  veneration  which  was 
everywhere  spread  of  him  could  have  produc- 
ed. They  had  expected  to  see  the  hideous 
figure  of  an  enchanter,  or  at  least  some  old 
man  with  a  long  beard,  and  all  bent  down  by 
decrepitude,  —  but  they  were  astonished  to  see 
a  man  of  large  stature,  who,  though  advanced 
in  age,  had  an  august  air,  a  majestic  manner, 
and  w^as  dressed  very  richly. 

He  immediately  raised  them.  They  dis- 
played their  commissions,  the  circumstances  of 
the  misfortune  about  which  they  had  come  to 
consult  him,  and  enumerated  <;ver  to  him  the 
presents  they  had  brought  him.. 

After  having  quietly  listened  to  them,  he  led 
them,  before  makirig  any  reply,  towards  a  part 
of  the  mountain  from  which  they  could  see  the 
ocean,  and  from  which  the  whole  earth  might 
have  been  seen  if  the  sight  of  man  could  have 
embraced  it.  They  were  frightened  at  the 
prodigious  elevation  at  which  they  saw  them- 
selves ;  the  islands  in  the  ocean  appeared  to 
them  like  little  black  specks,  and  the  largest 
ships  like  floating  atoms. 

He  then  spoke  to  them  and  said,  "  I  am  no- 
thing less  than  what  most  of  those  who  know 
me  only  by  reputation  believe  me.     It  is  true, 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.       121 

that  a  knowledge  acquired  by  long  meditation 
and  constant  specuktion,  and  perhaps  the 
neighborhood  to  the  celestial  bodies,  have  given 
me  great  understanding  of  all  that  there  is  most 
infallible  in  astrology.  I  might  say,  perhaps, 
that  most  of  the  oracles  have  less  certainty  in 
their  answers  than  there  is  in  my  conjectures 
and  predictions.  As  for  the  oracle  of  the  Cock, 
from  which  they  have  sent  you  to  me,  or  rather 
whom  they  have  advised  you  to  seek  in  this 
place,  I  fancy  you  will  never  hear  much  more 
about  him,  he  is  occupied  elsewhere. 

"  As  to  the  king  your  master,  this  is  the  ad- 
vice I  give  him,  that  he  may  be  able  to  bestow 
upon  the  most  beautiful  princess  in  the  world 
all  that  is  wanting  to  make  her  the  most  happy 
and  accomplished.  Let  him  cause  it  to  be 
proclaimed  through  all  the  regions  of  the  earth, 
that  whoever  will  make  the  princess  laugh, 
shall  have  his  choice,  as  a  reward,  either  this 
adorable  princess  Mouseline,  with  all  her  fa- 
ther's dominions,  —  or  all  the  force  and  all  the 
power  of  the  same  king,  to  assist  him  in  any 
conquest  he  may  meditate.  Let  the  princess 
be  accessible  to  all  who  wish  to  see  her,  of 
whatever  form  and  condition  they   may  be  ; 


122  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

and,  finally,  do  not  let  her  fail  to  take  a  jour- 
ney which  shall  occupy  at  least  two  months 
every  year,  that  her  divine  charms  may  be 
exhibited  in  the  different  provinces  which  bor- 
der on  those  of  her  father. 

"  Go,  illustrious  satraps,  restore  to  the  prince 
who  sends  you,  the  magnificent  presents  he  has 
designed  for  me.  Caramousel  wishes  no  re- 
ward, for  any  services  he  may  render,  but  the 
pleasure  of  having  rendered  them." 

Having  thus  dismissed  the  gentlemen  of  the 
embassy,  they  went  to  rejoin  their  caravan,  in 
less  time  and  with  less  trouble  than  they  had 
had  in  ascending  the  mountain. 

As  they  had  been  long  absent,  they  made  a 
review  of  their  elephants,  their  bales  of  painted 
cloth,  and  their  monkeys  ;  they  found  all  right, 
with  the  exception  of  the  studious  monkey,  who 
had  disappeared  eight  days  before,  without 
those  who  were  left  in  charge  of  the  caravan 
being  able  to  tell  how  or  where,  and  they  had 
as  yet  been  able  to  get  no  information  respect- 
ing him,  though  they  had  searched  most  dili- 
gently through  the  whole  neighborhood. 

The  satraps  were  greatly  afflicted  at  this  loss, 
the  more  especially  as  they  could  not  find  his 
body,  to  stuff  it  with  straw,  as  they  had  done 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.       123 

the  six  others.  They  set  out,  however,  on 
their  return  to  the  king  tlieir  master. 

On  the  sixth  day  of  their  journey,  after  a 
long  circuit,  which  they  had  made  in  order  to 
avoid  the  forest  which  had  been  so  fatal  to  their 
monkeys,  they  met  with  an  adventure,  which 
troubled  them  at  first,  though  they  received 
much  joy  from  it  at  the  end.  They  saw  at  a 
distance  a  number  of  camels,  escorted  by  a 
troop  of  armed  men.  As  the  chiefs  of  this 
troop  appeared  to  be  people  of  rank,  and  as  the 
camels  which  were  so  carefully  guarded  seem- 
ed loaded  with  something  rare  or  precious,  the 
ambassadors  ordered  their  music  to  play  as 
soon  as  they  were  within  hearing  distance. 

At  the  sound  of  this  horrible  concert,  there 
was  not  a  man  or  beast  among  those  whom  they 
had  intended  to  honor  who  could  resist  it.  The 
camels,  more  than  any  of  the  I'est  of  the  ani- 
mals, were  so  excited,  that  they  drove  about, 
kicked  and  carried  disorder  everywhere.  In 
their  terror,  they  threw  their  burdens  upon  the 
ground,  and  these  burdens,  in  falling,  opened 
certain  cages,  from  which  issued  tigers  and 
lions,  who,  not  being  pleased  with  the  serenade, 
fell  upon  the  musicians,  and  some  of  them  had 
to  run  hard  for  their  lives. 


124  THE    LAUGHING    PRINCESS,    AND 

Meantime  the  elephants  made  a  good  resist- 
ance, and  the  monkeys  a  very  bad  one  ;  for 
while  the  former  kept  the  bloody  animals  at  a 
distance  with  their  trunks,  the  monkeys  filled 
the  air  with  horrible  cries,  and  tore  up  all  the 
magnificent  painted  cloth  on  which  they  were 
perched.  At  that  moment  the  glory  of  all  the 
monkeys  in  the  universe  appeared,  to  the  great 
astonishment  of  the  satraps,  issuing  from  behind 
a  mass  of  rock. 

He  was  armed  with  a  bow  and  a  quiver 
filled  with  arrows.  He  selected  one  for  each 
tiger,  and  one  for  each  of  the  lions,  and  with  a 
never-failing  skill  he  pierced  the  hearts  of  them 
all,  one  after  another.  When  he  saw  them  on 
the  ground,  he  went  very  coolly  to  draw  his 
arrows  from  their  bodies,  and  having  made  a 
profound  bow  to  the  satraps,  he  proceeded  to 
take  his  seat  on  the  back  of  the  largest  of  the 
elephants. 

When  the  ambassadors  returned  to  the  King 
of  Astracan,  the  whole  court  was  assembled  to 
hear  the  result  of  their  pilgrimage.  The  king 
sat  on  a  very  magnificent  throne,  and  the  prin- 
cess, his  daughter,  was  placed  beside  him,  the 
beautiful  face,  as  usual,  as  serious  and  grave  as 
if  made  of  marble,  and  it  was  enough  to  check 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.      125 

the  laughter  of  the  gayest  person  in  the  world, 
to  look  at  her  only  for  a  moment. 

The  amhassadors  made  their  appearance, 
bringing  with  them  the  presents  which  had  been 
sent  back  by  the  wise  Caramousel.  In  the 
midst  of  all  was  placed  the  glorious  monkey 
with  his  bow  and  quiver,  who  had  rendered  the 
party  such  essential  service.  The  satraps  began 
to  tell  their  story.  When  they  related  the  diffi- 
culties they  had  had  with  the  monkeys  in  the 
forest,  those  who  were  watching  the  princess 
most  narrowly,  thought  they  perceived  a  little 
motion  about  the  muscles  of  her  mouth  ;  when 
they  advanced  to  the  part  of  their  story  which 
related  the  adventure  of  the  serenade,  she  al- 
most smiled ;  but  when  ihey  described  how  the 
camels  kicked  about,  and  their  burdens  tumbled 
off,  and  how  the  cages  fell  open,  and  how  the 
glorious  monkey  appeared  with  his  bow  and 
quiver,  the  charm  was  broken,  and  the  fair 
Mouseline  laughed  aloud. 

"  She  has  laughed,"  shouted  the  King,  and 
embraced  her  with  unrestrained  delight.  "  She 
has  laughed,"  cried  the  first  maid  of  honor,  and 
the  words  were  echoed  down  to  the  lowest 
apartment,  and  the  most  hidden  corner  of  the 
palace. 


126  THE    LAUGHING    PRIINJCESS,    AND 

When  the  Court  at  last  turned  their  eyes  from 
the  fair  MouseUne,  who  continued  to  laugh  with 
the  most  winning  grace,  towards  the  monkey 
with  his  bow  and  quiver,  he  was  no  longer  to 
be  seen,  but  in  his  place  stood  a  young  man 
of  noble  form  and  countenance,  majestic  and 
graceful  as  the  Grecian  Apollo. 

He  advanced  slowly  and  respectfully  towards 
the  throne,  and  having  saluted  the  king  and 
the  princess  in  the  most  graceful  manner,  he 
related  that  he  was  the  son  of  the  monarch 
who  had  been  stolen  from  the  palace  at  the 
time  of  the  fire,  by  the  cruel  fairy,  Feubras. 
That  she  had  placed  his  sister  and  himself 
under  a  charm  —  the  princess  was  never  to 
smile,  and  he  was  to  bear  the  form  of  a  mon- 
key, until  he  was  able  himself  to  break  the 
spell. 

He  had  succeeded  in  making  his  escape 
from  the  fairy,  and  was  the  studious  monkey 
who  had  made  part  of  the  caravan  of  the  em- 
bassy ;  this  figure  of  a  monkey  had  never 
prevented  him  from  the  enjoyment  he  took  in 
reading.  He  was  one  of  the  party  who  as- 
cended the  mountain.  The  wise  CaramouseL 
discovered  who  he  was,  notwithstanding  the 
disguise  under  which  he  appeared.     He  gave 


THE  PRINCESS  WHO  NEVER  LAUGHED.      127 

him  the  charmed  bow  and  arrows,  by  which  he 
was  able  to  protect  the  caravan  from  the  wild 
beasts,  and  told  him  that  if  he  could  succeed 
in  conquering  them,  who  were  in  fact  only  the 
fairy  and  her  followers  in  disguise,  the  charm 
would  be  broken,  he  would  be  restored  to  his 
natural  form,  and  the  princess,  his  sister,  would 
be  relieved  from  her  distressing  situation. 

The  king  was  overjoyed  at  this  intelligence. 
He  embraced  his  son  again  and  again.  The 
palace  ringing  with  the  merry  laughter  of  the 
princess.  The  prince  had  acquired  so  much 
wisdom  by  his  long  studies,  that  he  was  able 
to  be  of  great  assistance  to  his  father  in  the 
government  of  the  kingdom,  and  the  princess 
had  been  so  long  deprived  of  the  power  of 
smiling,  that  now  she  had  obtained  it,  she  was 
never  known  to  look  cross  or  serious,  unless 
upon  the  most  suitable  occasions. 


IZAAK  WALTON. 


Many  years  ago,  there  lived  in  England  an  old 
gentleman,  who  was  very  fond  of  fishing,  and 
whose  name  was  Izaak  Walton.  He  loved  the 
sport  so  much  that  he  not  only  passed  much  of 
his  time  in  the  amusement,  but  he  wrote  a  book 
about  catching  trout.  Jn  this  sport,  a  bait  in 
imitation  of  a  fly  is  used.  The  picture  shows 
the  old  gentleman  sitting  on  the  bank  of  the 
river  preparing  his  fly. 

After  all,  fishing  is  not  a  very  good  amuse- 
ment, and  it  is  hoped  that  the  young  readers  of 
the  Annualette,  by  a  careful  perusal  of  its 
pages  from  year  to  year,  with  the  study  of 
other  good  books,  will  acquire  a  taste  for  some 
better  amusement,  and  be  able  to  earn  their 
dinners  in  some  more  certain  way  than  in  sit- 
ting to  bob  a  hook  and  line  in  the  water  till 
some  fish  is  silly  enough  to  take  it  into  his 
mouth,  and  compel  the  boy  to  dirty  his  hands 
by  taking  it  out  again. 


SOCIAL  GAMES.  —  No.  II. 

THE    GLOVE. 

The  person  who  begins  this  game  takes  a  glove 
and  throws  it  to  the  person  who  stands  opposite 
to  her,  saying,  "  I  throw  you  a  glove."  The 
latter  asks,  "  Why  do  you  throw  this  glove  ?  " 
The  answer  to  this  question  must  always  rhyme 
with  glove  ;  if  this  cannot  be  managed,  the 
player  must  pay  a  forfeit.  The  answer  may 
be,  "  Because  it  is  you  I  love,"  —  or  "  grove," 
"  rove,"  "  stove,"  &c.  This  game  produces 
many  forfeits,  because  the  player  who  is  to 
furnish  a  rhyme  must  not  hesitate,  or  give  a 
word  which  does  not  complete  the  rhyme. 
The  glove  must  be  sent  to  the  person  directly 
opposite  ;  he  or  she  must  throw  it  to  the  person 
next  on  the  right  to  the  one  who  began  the 
game.  This  third  player  throws  it  to  the  next 
neighbor  on  the  right  of  the  one  who  threw  it 
to  him,  and  so  on.  These  successive  changes 
of  course  cause  many  mistakes,  which  produce 
forfeits.  Moreover,  the  person  who  throws  the 
glove  must  not  allow  it  to  fall  to  the  ground  ; 
she  must  catch  it  in  her  hand,  or  at  least  re- 
ceive it  in  her  lap,  otherwise  she  pays  a  forfeit. 
10 


BUNKER  HILL  MONUMENT. 

(For  a  Sketch  see  title-page.) 

Letter  from  a  Lad  in  Boston  to  his  Cousin  in  the  Country, 
dated  June  17,  1843. 

My  deae.  cousin  Jim: 

When  for  Boston  I  started, 
And  left  you  behind,  at  my  loss  broken-hearted, 
I  promised,  (to  cheer  you,  I  knew  nothing  better,) 
About  the  great  doings,  to  write  you  a  letter. 
So  as  good  as  my  word,  I  now  sit  me  down, 
My  first  leisure  moment  in  this  noisy  town. 

You  saw  us  all  ready,  and  very  well  know, 
How  we  rode  in  the  buggy  to  reach  the  depot. 
In  our  very  great  fear  that  the  train  might  have  passed, 
Uncle  whipped  vip  the  horse  and  we  rode  pretty  fast. 
But  this  was  quite  needless,  the  train  was  belated, 
And  at  the  depot  a  good  half  hour  we  waited. 
At  last  came  the  engine,  the  whistle  and  puffing. 
The  train  made  a  stop,  and  then  oh,  what  a  stuffing ; 
The  cars  were  so  full  I  could  no  corner  see. 
Where  I  thought  they  could  put  my  good  uncle  and  me, 
But  a  pleasant  young  lad,  near  a  window  snug  seated, 
Kindly  gave  us  his  seat,  to  the  next  car  retreated, 


BUNKER    HILL    MONUMENT.  133 

And  uncle  sat  down  and  took  me  in  his  lap, 
And  Boston  we  reached  without  any  mishap  ; 
When  I  jumped  from  the  carl  was  somewhat  affright- 
ed, 
Such  a  crowd  in  the  depot,  although  'twas  well  lighted, 
Such  running  and  pushing,  the  horses  and  coaches, 
The  cabs  and  the  men  filling  all  the  approaches  ; 
For  the  seventeenth  of  June  all  the  world  had  come  out, 
From  towns  at  a  distance  and  towns  near  about. 
We  managed  to  get  out  our  luggage  quite  well, 
And  soon  were  safe  lodged  in  a  famous  hotel. 
We  ate  a  good  supper  and  on  a  soft  bed 
I  with  real  delight  lay  my  poor  weary  head. 

After  breakfast  next  morning  my  uncle  and  I 
Walked  out  with  the  hope  something  pleasant  to  spy  ; 
Wherever  we  went  there  were  sights  to  be  seen. 
But  prettiest  of  all  was  the  Common,  so  green. 
Where  all  nicely  dressed  and  in  order  displayed, 
The  public  school  pupils  a  pleasant  show  made ; 
A  prettier  pageant  you  rarely  will  meet 
Than  these  children  assembled  the  strangers  to  greet. 
But  alas,  what  I  add  will,  I  know,  give  you  pain. 
To  destroy  all  this  show  came  a  drizzling  rain. 
And  while  Mr.  Tyler  was  entering  the  town 
The  real  big  rain  drops  came  pattering  down. 
But  people  stood  gazing,  umbrellas  and  all, 
(In  Boston  they  do  not  mind  trifles  at  all.) 
But  uncle  and  I  did  not  relish  such  fun, 
And  back  to  our  lodgings  in  speed  we  soon  run. 
The  next  morning  was  pleasant,  and  I  was  dressed 

soon, 
To  be  ready  to  welcome  the  17th  of  June. 


134  BUNKER    HILL    MONUMENT. 

And  now  such  fine  music,  such  fifing  and  drumming, 
Such  bands  of  brave  soldiers,  now  going,  now  coming 
My  eyes  were  so  constantly  turned  to  the  street, 
I  hardly  had  leisure  my  breakfast  to  eat. 
But  this  being  over,  my  uncle  and  I 
Made  a  call  in  the  street  when  the  pageant  went  by  ; 
Of  men,  women  and  children  the  streets  were  so  rife, 
That  such  crowding  I  never  beheld  in  my  life  ; 
And  then  the  procession  at  last  came  in  vie-w, 
The  marshals  all  mounted  with  ribbands  of  blue  ; 
The  barouches  with  horses  and  show  all  befitting, 
With  President,  Governors  and  Judges  all  sitting  ; 
The  soldiers  with  uniforms  varied  and  fine. 
Societies,  escort,  —  oh  what  a  long  line  ! 
We  looked  and  we  looked  till  oiir  eyes  were  quite  tired, 
They  had  not  passed  by  when  an  hour  had  expired ; 
Then  on  through  the  streets  the  procession  proceeded 
Folks  shouted  and  clapped  where  they  thought  it  was  . 

needed. 
Now  and  then  from  the  houses  which  lined  the  broad 

way 
The  ladies  would  throw  a  large  fragrant  bouquet ; 
Through  streets,  over  bridge,  they  proceeded  until 
They  reached  in  due  order  far-famed  Bunker  Hill. 

When  the  show  had  all  passed,  uncle  William  and  I 
Took  leave  of  our  friends,  and  to  all  said  good  bye. 
And  to  Charlestown  we  over  the  bridge  took  our  way; 
A  walk  we  preferred,  as  so  fine  was  the  day. 
We  at  last  reached  the  hill,  and,  dear  Jim,  I  declare, 
As  I  saw  the  grand  pile  rising  up  in  the  air, 
And  as  at  the  magnificent  structure  I  gazed 
In  the  whole  of  my  life  1  was  ne'er  so  amazed. 


BUNKER  HILL  MONUMENT.       135 

Below,  on  the  hill,  where  of  course  not  much  shade  is, 
Were  seats  for  the  men  and  seats  too  for  the  ladies. 
While  the   Monument  viewing  we  heard  distant 
drumming, 
And  then  came  the  shout,   "  the  procession  is  com- 
ing!" 
Very  soon  we  discovered  the  rumor  was  true, 
For  the  brilliant  procession  appeared  to  our  view. 
Through  the  streets  it  passed  slowly,  and  gracefully 

wound 
Till  it  reached  in  due  order  the  famed  battle-ground. 
Now  the  voice  of  the  priest  was  heard  on  the  air, 
And  hushed  was  all  noise  w^hile  each  heart  bowed  in 

prayer. 
Next  the  grea't  Mr.  Webster   stepped  forward  and 

bowed, 
And  such  shouting  and  cheering  arose  from  the  crowd 
That  I,  who  am  used  to  the  country  and  quiet 
Thought  my  poor  weary  head  would  have  burst  with 

the  riot. 
When  the  shouting  was  over,  the  speaker  began,  — 
Mr.  Webster,  dear  Coz.,  is  a  wonderful  man,  — 
But  I  cannot  attempt  his  oration  to  tell, 
I  '11  bring  home  the  paper,  you  will  read  it  as  well. 
When  the  speaking  was  over  we  came  back  to  town, 
And  to  dinner  I  was  not  averse  to  sit  down. 
For  to  those  who  dine  early  at  one,  not  much  more, 
It  is  not  a  joke  to  be  fasting  till  four. 

When  dinner  was  over  the  soldiers  came  back, 
Of  music  and  cheering  there  was  little  lack. 
The  troops  all  paraded,  the  President  bowed. 
And  graciously  smiled  on  the  wondering  crowd. 
10* 


136  BUNKER    HILL    MONUMENT. 

Next  off  in  barouches  they  rode  one  and  all, 

To  eat  a  good  dinner  in  old  Faneuil  Hall. 

And  I  to  my  letter  sat  down  with  good  will, 

And  found  little  trouble  my  paper  to  fill  — 

A  sketch  of  the  Monument  also  I  drew, 

At  the  foot  of  it  uncle  and  I,  all  for  you. 

And  while  musing  and  -wondering  and  thinking  sat  I, 

As  to  how  I  should  send  it,  (for  postage  is  high,) 

A  friend  of  my  uncle,  whose  na,me  I  forget, 

Offered  room  for  the  whole  in  the  Annualette ; 

Such  an  offer  you  '11  think  I  v/ould  not  decline  ; 

To  see  it  in  print  will,  you  know,  be  quite  fine. 

The  plan  may,  perhaps,  cause  some  little  delay, 

Yet  you  surely  will  get  it  at  some  future  day. 

And  now,  my  dear  Jim,  I  have  finished  my  letter, 
I  wish  for  your  sake  it  contained  something  better  j 
If  the  show  you  had  seen  with  your  own  merry  eye, 
You  'd  have  told  all  about  it  much  better  than  I. 
And  much  more  I  can  tell  you,  when  safe  I  get  home, 
But  must  sign  myself  now  your  own  cousin 

Tom. 


THE   GOOD   AUNT. 


Mary  and  Agnes,  had  been  so  unfortunate  as 
to  lose  their  mother ;  but  her  place  had  been 
supplied  to  them  as  much  as  a  mother's  place 
can  ever  be  supplied  by  her  sister,  a  maiden 
lady  who  lived  in  the  country  and  who  took  the 
little  girls  home,  and  did  everything  in  her 
power  to  make  them  happy. 

When  they  rose  in  the  morning,  she  had 
taught  them  to  make  up  their  bed  very  neatly, 
to  dust  their  chamber  carefully,  to  put  their 
books  and  playthings  all  in  order.  They  then 
came  to  aunt  Hester,  and  she  read  and  ex- 
plained to  them  a  passage  in  the  Holy  Bible. 
The  little  sketch  at  the  beginning  of  this  article 
may  give  some  idea  of  the  appearance  of  the 
little  girls  and  their  aunt. 

After  this  first  lesson  of  the  morning,  they 
accompanied  their  aunt  to  the  breakfast-room. 


13S  THE    GOOD    AUNT. 

They  were  very  healthful  children,  and  their 
aunt  did  not  restrict  them  in  their  diet,  but  she 
was  careful  to  teach  them  to  behave  with  great 
propriety  at  the  table.  To  sit  in  an  upright 
position,  not  twisting  and  turning  about  and 
playing  with  their  hair,  as  many  ill-bred  child- 
ren do. 

They  always  waited  till  they  saw  others  who 
were  seated  at  the  table  helped.  They  never 
asked  in  a  loud  tone  for  some  particular  thing 
which  they  particularly  loved.  But  said  in  a 
mild  tone,  and  when  they  perceived  that  no  one 
else  was  speaking,  "  I  will  thank  you  to  give 
me  such  a  thing,  or  please  to  give  me  a  little 
of  that." 

When  the  breakfast  was  over  they  assisted 
aunt  Hester  to  wash  the  breakfast  cups  ;  al- 
•  though  they  were  young,  they  had  grown  very 
handy,  and  could  put  everything  very  neatly 
away  in  its  place.  They  would  then  run  out 
in  aunt  Hester's  garden  and  gather  some  fresh 
flowers,  arranging  them  neatly  in  the  glasses 
or  vases. 

If  aunt  Hester  had  any  little  work  to  do 
about  the  house,  she  would  take  the  little  girls 
about  with  her,  and  allow  them  to  assist  her, 
and  instruct  them  in  the  way  of  managing  the 
household  affairs. 


THE    GOOD    AUNT.  139 

By  the  time  they  had  got  through  with  this, 
the  school  hour  had  usually  come  ;  Mary  and 
Agnes  would  then  take  off  their  large  aprons, 
which  they  had  worn  all  the  morning,  and 
carefully  hang  them  up  in  their  place.  Some 
little  girls  have  a  habit  of  tossing  down  their 
aprons  just  where  they  happen  to  be  at  school- 
time  ;  but  Mary  and  Agnes  had  been  taught 
better,  and  were  very  particular  not  to  forget. 

They  were  careful  to  have  their  hands  and 
faces  very  clean,  and  their  hair  nicely  brushed 
before  they  went  to  school,  and  to  put  on 
their  school  bonnets  and  shawls  very  neatly. 
Some  little  girls  seize  their  things  in  haste  and 
run  out  into  the  street  with  them  half  on,  or  in 
their  hand.  This  is  a  very  careless  habit,  and 
should  be  always  avoided.  Children  should 
begin  to  prepare  for  school  in  sufficient  season, 
to  have  quite  time  enough  to  dress  properly, 
and  walk  along  moderately  to  school.  If  they 
get  into  school  hurried  and  heated,  it  will  take 
them  half  an  hour  to  recover  their  breath  so  as 
to  be  able  to  go  to  work.  When  they  got  to 
school,  Sarah  and  Agnes  hung  their  bonnets 
and  whatever  else  they  might  wear  in  the  place 
provided  for  them,  and  were  careful  not  to 
throw  their  own  clothes  or  those  of  any  of  the 


140  THE    GOOD    AUNT. 

Other  scholars  on  the  floor.  Many  garments 
are  spoiled,  and  girls  frequently  look  very 
slovenly  in  their  school  dress,  from  the  thought- 
less way  in  which  the  outer  garments  are  some- 
times tossed  about  in  school. 

When  they  took  their  seats  in  school,  they 
began  to  study  in  good  earnest.  They  did  not 
sit  twisting  and  lounging  over  their  books,  think- 
ing of  everything  but  what  is  on  the  page  be- 
fore them,  but  they  studied  away  most  diligently, 
taking  the  lesson,  if  it  were  one  to  be  learned 
by  heart,  one  sentence  at  a  time,  and  reading  it 
over  and  over,  slowly  and  attenlively,  till  they 
knew  their  lessons  thoroughly. 

When  school  was  over,  they  dressed  them- 
selves in  the  same  orderly  way  as  before,  and 
returned  home.  They  arranged  their  dress  for 
dinner,  and  were  ready  to  go  into  the  dining- 
room  when  the  bell  rung.  Though  aunt  Hester 
was  somewhat  advanced  in  life,  and  had  lost 
most  of  her  early  friends,  yet  she  was  fond  of 
the  society  of  the  young  and  gifted,  and  gener- 
ally had  a  few  friends  about  her,  so  that  the 
little  girls  had  an  opportunity  to  observe  good 
manners  in  others. 

They  did  not  press  hastily  to  the  table,  but 
waited,  if  there  were  others  than  the  usual 


.^ 


THE    GOOD   AUNT.  141 


family  party,  until  the  company  were  seated  ; 
they  then  took  their  places,  exactly  where  it 
was  most  convenient,  and  tried  to  assist  in  help- 
ing at  the  table,  and  listened  to  the  conver- 
sation, without  interrupting  it  by  silly  prattle  of 
their  own. 

After  dinner  they  walked  or  exercised  with 
some  active  games  for  awhile,  then  they 
worked,  or  read,  or  prepared  their  lessons  for 
the  next  day.  In  the  evening  they  read  or  list- 
ened to  the  conversation  or  music,  and  were  so 
amiable  and  pleasant,  that  the  older  part  of  the 
company  were  never  in  a  hurry  to  have  them 
leave  the  room. 

They  had  a  nice  little  garden  of  their  own, 
and  their  aunt's  gardener  gave  them,  in  the 
spring,  roots  and  flowers  to  put  in  it,  and 
helped  them  to  fix  it  nicely.  Afterwards 
they  took  care  of  it  themselves,  and  kept  it 
free  from  weeds,  so  that  they  had  almost  al- 
ways a  bunch  of  fresh  flowers  from  their  own 
garden. 

This  account  of  the  good  manners  of  these 
two  pleasant  little  girls,  may  serve  as  a  hint 
to  others  how  they  should  behave  to  form  quiet 
and  pleasant  habits.  They  are  a  great  com- 
fort to  their  good  aunt,  and  if  their  lives  are 


142 


THE    GOOD    AUNT. 


spared,  they  give  the  promise  of  becoming, 
when  they  grow  up,  very  useful  and  agreeable 
women.  Some  very  good  children  are  careless 
and  inattentive  in  their  manners.  It  is  really 
important  to  form  in  early  youth  habits  of 
politeness  and  kindness. 


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